Leveling the playing field: Attention mitigates the effects of intelligence on memory

Cognition

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-204

  Markant, Julie ^a   Amso, Dima ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Intelligence; Memory; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84894215703     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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