Sensory discrimination and intelligence: Testing Spearman's other hypothesis

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Bell, P Joseph ^a   Bell, Andrew J ^a   Campbell, Mary L ^a   Fazal, Nicola D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2342574237     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423593     Document Type: Article

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