The social and scientific temporal correlates of genotypic intelligence and the Flynn effect

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-204

  Woodley, Michael A ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Dysgenesis; Flynn effect; Innovation rates; Life history; Population cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858070112     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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