A dynamical model of general intelligence: The positive manifold of intelligence by mutualism

Psychological Review

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 842-861

  Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^a   Grasman, Raoul P P P ^a   Wicherts, Jelte M ^a   Huizenga, Hilde M ^a   Raijmakers, Maartje E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; g factor; Intelligence; Mutualism; Reciprocal causation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33750289980     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.113.4.842     Document Type: Article

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