Fluid intelligence but not vocabulary has increased in Britain, 1979-2008

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Lynn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Intelligence; Nutrition; Progressive Matrices; Secular gains; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949195971     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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