Consistency of attentional control as an important cognitive trait: A latent variable analysis

Intelligence

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-128

  Unsworth, Nash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention control; Cognitive abilities; Intra individual variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956507205     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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