A learning-based account of fluid intelligence from the perspective of the position effect

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-35

  Ren, Xuezhu ^a   Wang, Tengfei ^a   Altmeyer, Michael ^a   Schweizer, Karl ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Complex learning; Fluid intelligence; Position effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896704020     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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