Group differences in IQ are best understood as environmental in origin

American Psychologist

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 503-504

  Nisbett, Richard E ^a   Aronson, Joshua ^b   Blair, Clancy ^b   Dickens, William ^c   Flynn, James ^d   Halpern, Diane F ^e   Turkheimer, Eric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NOTE;

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS;

EID: 84873963320     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029772     Document Type: Note

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