Cognitive abilities of elite nationally ranked SCRABBLE and crossword experts

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-737

  Toma, Michael ^a   Halpern, Diane F ^b   Berger, Dale E ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSSWORD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION STORAGE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRABBLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84927695775     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3059     Document Type: Article

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