Short-term storage is a stable predictor of fluid intelligence whereas working memory capacity and executive function are not: A comprehensive study with Iranian schoolchildren

Intelligence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-141

  Shahabi, Seyed Rouhollah ^a   Abad, Francisco J ^b   Colom, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fluid intelligence; Short term memory; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899798166     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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