The relationship between working memory and intelligence in children: Is the scoring procedure important?

Intelligence

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Giofrè, David ^a   Mammarella, Irene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; G Factor; Intelligence; Scoring procedure; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922482414     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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