Variation in working memory capacity, fluid intelligence, and episodic recall: A latent variable examination of differences in the dynamics of free recall

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 837-849

  Unsworth, Nash ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENCE; LATENT PERIOD; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349221551     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.6.837     Document Type: Article

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