Process-based account for the effects of perceptual attention and executive attention on fluid intelligence: An integrative approach

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Ren, Xuezhu ^a   Altmeyer, Michael ^a   Reiss, Siegbert ^a   Schweizer, Karl ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Encoding; Intelligence; Shifting; Updating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872649052     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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