The Biological Roots of Complex Thinking: Are Heritable Attitudes More Complex?

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-134

  Conway, Lucian Gideon ^a   Dodds, Daniel P ^a   Towgood, Kirsten Hands ^a   McClure, Stacey ^a   Olson, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THINKING;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THINKING;

EID: 78651249162     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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