Why liberals and atheists are more intelligent

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-57

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; General intelligence; Origin of values and preferences; The Savanna Principle; The Savanna IQ Interaction Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953761663     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272510361602     Document Type: Article

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