Race, intelligence, and the brain: The errors and omissions of the 'revised' edition of S. J. Gould's The Mismeasure of Man (1996)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Rushton, J Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031185030     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)80984-1     Document Type: Review

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