The Architecture of Intelligence: Converging Evidence From Studies of Humans and Animals

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 342-348

  Matzel, Louis D ^a   Sauce, Bruno ^a   Wass, Christopher ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; dopamine; general intelligence; learning; prefrontal cortex; short term memory; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884688070     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413491764     Document Type: Article

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