How do educational attainment and gender relate to fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, and academic skills at ages 22-90 years?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-163

  Kaufman, Alan S ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b   Liu, Xin ^c   Johnson, Cheryl K ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallized intelligence; Educational attainment; Fluid intelligence; Gender; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUID INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICS; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRITING; AGED; AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WRITING;

EID: 68849097654     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp015     Document Type: Article

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