Which working memory functions predict intelligence?

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-652

  Oberauer, Klaus ^a   Süß, Heinz Martin ^b   Wilhelm, Oliver ^c   Wittmann, Werner W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Reasoning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849143990     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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