The Flynn effect in South Africa

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 456-467

  Te Nijenhuis, Jan ^a   Murphy, Raegan ^b   van Eeden, Rene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flynn effect; G; Intelligence; IQ tests; Secular score gains; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455158877     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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