Searching the real world for signs of rising population intelligence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1039-1058

  Howard, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bridge; Chess; Flynn effect; Giftedness and retardation; Go; Rising intelligence; Scientific productivity; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041905603     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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