Sex differences in intelligence in younger and older participants of the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Plus

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-141

  Savage McGlynn, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age trends; Intelligence; Raven's Matrices; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860664730     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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