Sex differences in general knowledge in German high school students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1643-1650

  Lynn, Richard ^a,d   Wilberg, Sylwia ^b   Margraf Stiksrud, Jutta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d 4 Longwood House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General knowledge; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944489193     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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