Working memory, visual-spatial-intelligence and their relationship to problem-solving

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 672-680

  Bühner, Markus ^a   Kröner, Stephan ^b   Ziegler, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Problem solving; Reasoning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849084795     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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