Are correlations between cognitive abilities highest in low-IQ groups during childhood?

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-401

  Facon, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ability differentiation; General intelligence; Law of diminishing returns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344686865     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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