Testing the age related differentiation hypothesis through the Wechsler's scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1069-1075

  Juan Espinosa, Manuel ^a   García, Luís F ^a   Colom, Roberto ^a   Abad, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age differentiation hypothesis; Cognitive abilities; G factor; WISC R; WPPSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034357162     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00254-8     Document Type: Article

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