A contemporary method for developmental-genetic analyses of age changes in intellectual abilities

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-114

  McArdle, John J ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^b   Hamagami, Fumiaki ^a   Horn, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031846773     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649809540701     Document Type: Article

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