Intelligence and the brain: A model-based approach

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Kievit, Rogier A ^a   van Rooijen, Hilko ^a   Wicherts, Jelte M ^a   Waldorp, Lourens J ^a   Kan, Kees Jan ^b   Scholte, H Steven ^a   Borsboom, Denny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; g; Intelligence; Neuro g; Psychometrics; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL REASONING; PROCESSING SPEED; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84864660590     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2011.628383     Document Type: Article

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