The relationship of choice reaction time variability and intelligence: A meta-analysis

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-166

  Doebler, Philipp ^a   Scheffler, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hick paradigm; Intelligence; Meta analysis; Odd man out task; Reaction times; RTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925841877     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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