Need for cognition

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 230-240

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Thorne, Jeremy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Intelligence; Need for cognition; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889674845     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000119     Document Type: Article

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