The hungry mind: Intellectual curiosity is the third pillar of academic performance

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 574-588

  von Stumm, Sophie ^a   Hell, Benedikt ^b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic performance; conscientiousness; intellectual curiosity; intelligence; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755206320     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611421204     Document Type: Article

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