Why are smart people curious? Fluid intelligence, openness to experience, and interest

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-245

  Silvia, Paul J ^a   Sanders, Camilla E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; Interest; Learning motivation; Openness to experience; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952742923     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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