Cycles in speed-working memory-G relations: Towards a developmental-differential theory of the mind

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-50

  Demetriou, Andreas ^a   Spanoudis, George ^b   Shayer, Michael ^c   Mouyi, Antigoni ^d   Kazi, Smaragda ^e   Platsidou, Maria ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Educational Research and Evaluation   (Cyprus)

^e PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Individual differences; Intelligence; Speed of processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869380577     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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