Why productivity fades with age: The crime-genius connection

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-272

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0042205300     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00538-X     Document Type: Article

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