Network models for cognitive development and intelligence

Journal of Intelligence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1-17

  van der Maas, Han L J ^a   Kan, Kees Jan ^a   Marsman, Maarten ^a   Stevenson, Claire E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Development of intelligence; Factor models; Intelligence; Latent variable models; Network models; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042660055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence5020016     Document Type: Article

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