Processing speed mediates the development of general intelligence (g) in adolescence

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1265-1269

  Coyle, Thomas R ^a   Pillow, David R ^a   Snyder, Anissa C ^a   Kochunov, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive ability; intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053535375     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611418243     Document Type: Article

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