The evolution of domain-general mechanisms in intelligence and learning

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-40

  Chiappe, Dan ^a   MacDonald, Kevin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain generality; Intelligence; Modularity; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844258960     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.132.1.5-40     Document Type: Article

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