The magnitude, generality, and determinants of Flynn effects on forms of declarative memory and visuospatial ability: Time-sequential analyses of data from a Swedish cohort study

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-209

  Rönnlund, Michael ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort; Flynn effect; Memory; Visuospatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149121697     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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