Brother-sister differences in the g factor in intelligence: Analysis of full, opposite-sex siblings from the NLSY1979

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 451-456

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Irwing, Paul ^b   Der, Geoff ^c   Bates, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

g; Gender; Intelligence; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547611880     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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