Interests and intelligence: A meta-analysis

Intelligence

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-51

  Pässler, Katja ^a   Hell, Benedikt ^a   Beinicke, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Cognitive development; Gender differences; Intelligence; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923377866     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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