The scarr–rowe interaction between measured socioeconomic status and the heritability of cognitive ability

Experience and Development: A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-97

  Turkheimer, Eric ^a   Harden, K Paige ^a   D’Onofrio, Brian ^b   Gottesman, Irving I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838013     Document Type: Chapter

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