Are intelligence and executive functions the same thing?;¿Son lo mismo inteligencia y funciones ejecutivas?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 738-746

  García Molina, Alberto ^a   Tirapu Ustárroz, Javier ^b   Luna Lario, Pilar ^b   Ibáñez, Joaquín ^c   Duque, Pablo ^c,d  

^a University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Argibide   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d Enterprising Solutions for Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive functions; Intelligence; Neuropsychology; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 77954421097     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5012.2009713     Document Type: Review

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