Intelligence, working memory, and multitasking performance

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-551

  Colom, Roberto ^a   Martínez Molina, Agustín ^a   Shih, Pei Chun ^a   Santacreu, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Multitasking; Processing; Storage; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958151434     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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