Executive functions cannot be distinguished from general intelligence: Two variations on a single theme within a symphony of latent variance

The empirical foundation of executive control function (ECF) remains controversial. We have employed structural equation models (SEM) to explicitly distinguish domain-specific variance in ECF performance from memory (MEM) and shared cognitive performance variance, i.e., Spearman’s g. ECF does not su...

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Main Authors: Donald R Royall, Raymond F. Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00369/full