Transformations in the Couplings Among Intellectual Abilities and Constituent Cognitive Processes Across the Life Span

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Li, Shu Chen ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^b,c   Aschersleben, Gisa ^b   Prinz, Wolfgang ^b   Baltes, Paul B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1642269059     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.01503003.x     Document Type: Article

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