Working memory capacity and processing efficiency predict fluid but not crystallized and spatial intelligence: Evidence supporting the neural noise hypothesis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Martínez, Kenia ^a   Colom, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crystallized intelligence; Fluid intelligence; Neural noise; Processing efficiency; Processing speed; Spatial intelligence; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149114656     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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