Is there a relationship between political orientation and cognitive ability? A test of three hypotheses in two studies

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 767-772

  Kemmelmeier, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Conservatism; Intelligence; Political involvement; Political orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249118992     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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