Domain-general cognitive abilities and simultaneous interpreting skill

Interpreting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-142

  Macnamara, Brooke N ^a   Moore, Adam B ^a   Kegl, Judy A ^b   Conway, Andrew R A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptitudes; Cognitive abilities; Interpreter; Measurement; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955003338     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.13.1.08mac     Document Type: Article

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