Environmentalists and Nativists: The IQ Controversy in Cross-Cultural Perspective1

International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 63-91

  Nell, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936290-8     Document Type: Chapter

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