The decline of the world's IQ

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-120

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Harvey, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decline; Dysgenics; Intelligence; IQ, Dysgenic fertility; New eugenics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749099101     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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