There may be nothing special about the association between working memory capacity and fluid intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-23

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Watkins, Marley W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; General intelligence; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934282818     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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