How does the strength of the relationships between cognitive abilities evolve over the life span for low-IQ vs high-IQ adults?

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Facon, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Cognitive abilities; Differentiation; Diminishing returns; Intelligence; Spearman law; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149125795     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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