Relationships between factors of intelligence and brain volume

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1095-1122

  Wickett, John C ^a,c   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Lee, Donald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Cognitive factors; Head size; Intelligence; Mri

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034362186     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00258-5     Document Type: Article

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