The Flynn Effect and the Shadow of the Past: Mental Retardation and the Indefensible and Indispensable Role of IQ

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 35, Issue , 2008, Pages 121-149

  Flynn, James R ^a   Widaman, Keith F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 36649009983     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(07)35004-0     Document Type: Review

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