Skull size and intelligence, and King Robert Bruce's IQ

Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-525

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Ferguson, Karen J ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a   Barrow, Geoffrey W S ^a   Reid, Louise M ^b   Seckl, Jonathan R ^b   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain size; Intelligence; IQ; MRI; NART; Robert the Bruce; Skull size

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248865701     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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