On the relationship between executive functions of working memory and components derived from fluid intelligence measures

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 180, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-87

  Ren, Xuezhu ^a   Schweizer, Karl ^b   Wang, Tengfei ^c   Chu, Pei ^a   Gong, Qin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Inhibition; Intelligence; Shifting; Updating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031741996     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.09.002     Document Type: Article

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