The Worst Performance Rule, or the Not-Best Performance Rule? Latent-Variable Analyses of Working Memory Capacity, Mind-Wandering Propensity, and Reaction Time

The worst performance rule (WPR) is a robust empirical finding reflecting that people’s worst task performance shows numerically stronger correlations with cognitive ability than their average or best performance. However, recent meta-analytic work has proposed this be renamed the “not-best performa...

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Main Authors: Matthew S. Welhaf, Bridget A. Smeekens, Matt E. Meier, Paul J. Silvia, Thomas R. Kwapil, Michael J. Kane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Intelligence
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/8/2/25