On the relationship between fluid intelligence, gesture production, and brain structure

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Wartenburger, Isabell ^a,b,c   Kühn, Esther ^b,d   Sassenberg, Uta ^c,e   Foth, Manja ^e   Franz, Elizabeth A ^d   der Meer, Elke van ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Berlin School of Mind and Brain   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogical thinking; Average and high fluid intelligence; Brain morphometry; Cortical thickness; Fluid intelligence; Geometric analogies; Gesture production; Representational and movement gestures; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049105833     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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