Individual differences in working memory capacity and temporal discrimination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Broadway, James M ^a   Engle, Randall W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; INTELLIGENCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053923174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025422     Document Type: Article

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