Exploring the relations among executive functions, fluid intelligence, and personality

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Unsworth, Nash ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a   Lakey, Chad E ^a   Young, Diana L ^a   Thadeus Meeks, J ^a   Keith Campbell, W ^a   Goodie, Adam S ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Fluid intelligence; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956900940     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.30.4.194     Document Type: Article

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