An Exploratory Analysis of American Indian Children's Cultural Engagement, Fluid Cognitive Skills, and Standardized Verbal IQ Scores

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Tsethlikai, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Culture; Fluid cognitive skills; Inhibition; Verbal IQ; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79551547105     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020803     Document Type: Article

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