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　心 　理 　学 　报 　2004 ,36 (4) :464～475 　Acta Psychologica Sinica The Development of Fluid Intelligence : Evidence for the Role of Working Memory but not Processing Speed Liu Chang ( Instit ute of Psychology , N anji n g Normal U niversity , N anji n g 210097 , Chi na) Abstract 　This study recruited 243 children ranging from 10 to 18 years of age to investigate the role of working memory and processing speed in the development of fluid intelligence. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling indicated that there are strong correlations between working memory , processing speed and fluid intelligence constructs. However , nearly all of the agerelated improvements in fluid intelligence are accounted for by developmental changes in working memory , which also greatly account for the magnitude of agerelated increase in processing speed. Moreover , agerelated increases in speed don ’t mediate agerelated improvements in fluid intelligence directly or indirectly when the role of working memory in the development of fluid intelligence has been considered. The results suggested that children’ s working memory underlies the development of fluid intelligence while processing speed may be related to individual dif ferences in fluid intelligence. Key words 　fluid intelligence , processing speed , working memory , children. form better on tests of fluid intelligence is based on 1 　Introduction their faster processing speed and better WM capacit y.