Investigating the relationship of working memory tasks and fluid intelligence tests by means of the fixed-links model in considering the impurity problem

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-604

  Schweizer, Karl ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive process; Fluid intelligence; Latent curve model; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248885590     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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