Individual differences in expertise development over decades in a complex intellectual domain

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-209

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; FOLLOW UP; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAME THEORY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 65549116950     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.2.194     Document Type: Article

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