Understanding the nature of the general factor of intelligence: The role of individual differences in neural plasticity as an explanatory mechanism

Psychological Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-136

  Garlick, Dennis ^a  

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 85047672934     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.109.1.116     Document Type: Article

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