Intelligence and brain myelination: A hypothesis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 803-832

  Miller, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 0001481426     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(94)90049-3     Document Type: Article

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