Family background and genius II: Nobel laureates in science

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 918-925

  Rothenberg, Albert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Creativity and mental illness; Genetic counselling; Genius; Heredity; Motivation; Nobel laureates in science; Occupational inheritance; Treatment of creative patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENIUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDENTITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PHYSICS; PROGENY; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

EID: 31544438555     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001406     Document Type: Article

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