Exceptional cognitive ability: The phenotype

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 350-358

  Lubinski, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exceptional cognitive abilities; Intellectual talent; Talent development; Talent searches

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHENOTYPE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67349270947     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9273-0     Document Type: Article

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