Misconceptions of biometrical IQists

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-160

  Capron, Christiane ^b   Vetta, Adrian R ^a   Duyme, Michel ^c   Vetta, Atam ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

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