A longitudinal study of sex differences in intelligence at ages 7, 11 and 16 years

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Kanazawa, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age trends; IQ; Maturation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958137336     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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