There are stable individual differences in performance variability, both from moment to moment and from day to day

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 981-1003

  Rabbitt, Patrick M A ^a   Osman, Paul ^a   Moore, Belinda ^a   Stollery, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME;

AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85047684901     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713756013     Document Type: Article

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