How to gain eleven IQ points in ten minutes: Thinking aloud improves Raven's Matrices performance in older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-204

  Fox, Mark C ^a   Charness, Neil ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Concurrent verbalization; Matrix reasoning; Older adults; Problem solving; Raven's Matrices; Think aloud

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPEECH; THINKING; TIME;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649139333     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903042668     Document Type: Article

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