Verbal intelligence is correlated with socially and economically liberal beliefs

Intelligence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-148

  Carl, Noah ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classically liberal; Democrats; Intelligence; Republicans; Socially conservative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899845484     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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