Cognitive abilities of Emirati and German engineering university students

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-213

  Rindermann, Heiner ^a   Baumeister, Antonia E E ^a   Gröper, Anne ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STUDENTS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901814127     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000266     Document Type: Article

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