Measuring fluid intelligence at age four

Intelligence

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-185

  Gustafsson, Jan Eric ^a   Wolff, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General fluid intelligence; Short term memory; Visuospatial tests; Working memory; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935474232     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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