Creativity and occupational accomplishments among intellectually precocious youths: An age 13 to age 33 longitudinal study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-492

  Wai, Jonathan ^a   Lubinski, David ^a   Benbow, Camilla P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Creativity; Human capital; Intellectual talent; Math science pipeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444532331     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.3.484     Document Type: Article

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