The differentiation hypothesis and the Flynn effect

Psicothema

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-287

  Juan Espinosa, Manuel ^a   Cuevas, Lara ^a   Escorial, Sergio ^a   García, Luis F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33750588923     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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