Longitudinal evidence that increases in processing speed and working memory enhance children's reasoning

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-313

  Kail, Robert V ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247641847     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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