The "Other IQ": Historiometric Assessments of Intelligence and Related Constructs

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-326

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; historiometrics; history; intelligence; IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949085925     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017141     Document Type: Article

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