Controlled attention and storage: An investigation of the relationship between working memory, short-term memory, scope of attention, and intelligence in children

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-177

  Kuhn, Jörg Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; Scope of attention; Secondary memory; Short term storage; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928540965     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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