Peeking inside the "black box" of the Flynn effect: Evidence from three Wechsler instruments

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-411

  Zhou, Xiaobin ^a   Zhu, Jianjun ^a   Weiss, Lawrence G ^a  

^a PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flynn effect; IQ; Wechsler intelligence scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956639679     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282910373340     Document Type: Article

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