A very little bit of knowledge: Re-evaluating the meaning of the heritability of IQ

Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 347-353

  Moore, David S ^a  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Heritability; IQ; Nature vs. nurture

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NOTE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846419784     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096534     Document Type: Note

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