Evidence from an analysis of 2000 errors and omissions made in IQ tests by a small sample of schoolchildren, undergoing vitamin and mineral supplementation, that speed of processing is an important factor in IQ performance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Snowden, Wendy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Buckinghamshire College   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030637965     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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