Individual differences in working memory within a nomological network of cognitive and perceptual speed abilities

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 567-589

  Ackerman, Phillip L ^a   Beier, Margaret E ^b   Boyle, Mary O ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 85047671597     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.131.4.567     Document Type: Article

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