Working memory, inhibition, and fluid intelligence as predictors of performance on Tower of Hanoi and London tasks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Zook, Nancy A ^a   Davalos, Deana B ^b,c   DeLosh, Edward L ^a   Davis, Hasker P ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fluid intelligence; Inhibition; Matrix Reasoning; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; THINKING;

EID: 7444263409     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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