Sensory discrimination, working memory and intelligence in 9-year-old and 11-year-old children

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-538

  Voelke, Annik E ^a   Troche, Stefan J ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas H ^a   Wagner, Felicitas L ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood; Fluid intelligence; Sensory discrimination; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885850037     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1803     Document Type: Article

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