Working memory capacity and fluid abilities: The more difficult the item, the more more is better

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Little, Daniel R ^a   Lewandowsky, Stephan ^b,c   Craig, Stewart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Raven's progressive matrices; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897941318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00239     Document Type: Article

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