Why is working memory related to fluid intelligence?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-371

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Pink, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 48049120458     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.2.364     Document Type: Article

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