The intelligence-religiosity nexus: A representative study of white adolescent Americans

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-93

  Nyborg, Helmuth ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denomination; Gravitation hypothesis; High IQ fraction; Income; IQ; Physicology; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349174140     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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