Spotting books and countries: New approaches to estimating and conceptualizing prior intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-436

  Scott, Kirsten M ^a   de Wit, Isabella ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Crystallised intelligence; NART; Pre morbid IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747791696     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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