A relational frame training intervention to raise intelligence quotients: A pilot study

Psychological Record

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-198

  Cassidy, Sarah ^a   Roche, Bryan ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligence; IQ; Multiple exemplar training; Relational frame theory; Relational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955750166     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395755     Document Type: Article

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