The use of IQ assessment in astronaut screening and evaluation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1130-1137

  Bishop, Sheryl L ^a   Faulk, Dean ^b   Santy, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; SCREENING;

NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 06-10; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NASA PROGRAM SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

APTITUDE TESTS; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; METHODS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030482355     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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