Intelligence and verbal short-term memory/working memory: Their interrelationships from childhood to young adulthood and their impact on academic achievement

Journal of Intelligence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1-19

  Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Niklas, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Domain knowledge; Intelligence; LOGIC study; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048086040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence5020026     Document Type: Article

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