The influence of temporal resolution power and working memory capacity on psychometric intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-486

  Troche, Stefan J ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Psychometric intelligence; Temporal resolution power; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749114995     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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