An estimate of the Flynn Effect: Changes in IQ and subtest gains of 10-yr.-old French children between 1965 and 1988

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-746

  Bradmetz, Joël ^a   Mathy, Fabien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

APTITUDE; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TELEVISION; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33846804468     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.743-746     Document Type: Review

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