Failure to support the right-shift theory's hypothesis of a 'heterozygote advantage' for cognitive abilities

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-123

  Cerone, Louis J ^a   McKeever, Walter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0042352692     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712699161305     Document Type: Article

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