Race and IQ: Molecular genetics as deus ex machina

American Psychologist

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 12344281091     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.71     Document Type: Article

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