A direct examination of the nonlinear (quadratic) association between intelligence and suggestibility in children

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 617-623

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Powell, Martine B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUGGESTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WITNESS; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33746166338     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1213     Document Type: Article

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