What IQ Tests Test

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-314

  Richardson, Ken ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affective; cognition; intelligence; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037777731     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354302012003012     Document Type: Article

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