The role of working memory in higher-level cognition: Domain-specific versus domain-general perspectives

Cognition and Intelligence: Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 104-121

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Kane, Michael J ^a   Engle, Randall W ^a  

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EID: 84926994316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607073.007     Document Type: Chapter

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