Are cognitive sex differences disappearing? Evidence from Spanish populations

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1189-1195

  Colom, Roberto ^a   Quiroga, María Ángeles ^b   Juan Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Differential aptitude test (DAT); Generational changes; Primary mental abilities (PMA); Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001329065     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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