Processing Visual Temporal Information and Its Relationship to Psychometric Intelligence: Converging Evidence for the Temporal Resolution Power Hypothesis of Intelligence

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Haldemann, Judith ^a   Stauffer, Corinne ^a   Troche, Stefan ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut für Psychologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Temporal resolution power; Time perception; Visual stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054928089     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000050     Document Type: Article

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