Misunderstandings, agreements, and disagreements: Toward a cumulative science of reproducibly superior aspects of giftedness

High Ability Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-115

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a   Roring, Roy W ^a   Nandagopal, Kiruthiga ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547338442     PISSN: 13598139     EISSN: 1469834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598130701351088     Document Type: Note

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