Identification of a Flynn Effect in the NLSY: Moving from the center to the boundaries

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-196

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Wänström, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flynn Effect; IQ changes; NLSY; NLSY children; PIAT Math; PIAT Reading Comprehension; PIAT Reading Recognition; PPVT

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846865593     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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