Interference control, working memory capacity, and cognitive abilities: a latent variable analysis.

Unsworth, Nash

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Interference control, working memory capacity, and cognitive abilities: a latent variable analysis.

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Authors: Unsworth, N.
Venue: Intelligence
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-03
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 255-267
ISSN: 0160-2896 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.12.003
OpenAlex: W1983690991
Cited by: 89
References: 49
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 5.78
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Intelligence (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords: interference control, working memory capacity, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, memory performance, cognitive ability, mediation, latent constructs, executive function

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