Improvement in working memory is not related to increased intelligence scores

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-505

  Colom, Roberto ^a   Quiroga, M Ángeles ^b   Shih, Pei Chun ^a   Martínez, Kenia ^a   Burgaleta, Miguel ^a   Martínez Molina, Agustín ^a   Román, Francisco J ^b   Requena, Laura ^a   Ramírez, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive improvements; Intelligence; Processing speed; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955917937     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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