Lapses in sustained attention and their relation to executive control and fluid abilities: An individual differences investigation

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-122

  Unsworth, Nash ^a   Redick, Thomas S ^b   Lakey, Chad E ^a   Young, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Fluid abilities; Lapses of attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049086192     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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