Behaviour genetic studies of intelligence, yesterday and today: The long journey from plausibility to proof

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 527-555

  Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETICS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0029826098     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000022574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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