Synaptic transmission correlates of general mental ability

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-275

  McRorie, Margaret ^a   Cooper, Colin ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General mental ability; Intelligence; Neural transmission; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 3042631011     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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