Childhood evacuation during World War II and subsequent cognitive ability: The Scottish Mental survey 1947

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-244

  Calvin, Catherine M ^a   Crang, Jeremy A ^a   Paterson, Lindsay ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Evacuation; Intelligence; IQ; Scottish Mental surveys; Socio economic status; World War II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901651948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17579597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14301/llcs.v5i2.255     Document Type: Article

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