Requiem for nutrition as the cause of IQ gains: Raven's gains in Britain 1938-2008

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-27

  Flynn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Causes of IQ gains over time; Intelligence; Nutrition and IQ; Raven's Progressive Matrices; Recent IQ gains in Britain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 63049104507     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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