Cognitive sex differences in reasoning tasks: Evidence from Brazilian samples of educational settings

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-84

  Flores Mendoza, Carmen ^a   Widaman, Keith F ^b   Rindermann, Heiner ^c   Primi, Ricardo ^d   Mansur Alves, Marcela ^a   Pena, Carla Couto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDADE SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian people; G factor; Intelligence; Reasoning tasks; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870842894     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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