The Flynn effect and population aging

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-177

  Skirbekk, Vegard ^a,c   Stonawski, Marcin ^a   Bonsang, Eric ^b   Staudinger, Ursula M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive ability; Cohort change; Flynn effect; Population aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875239012     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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