Sex Differences in Variability in General Intelligence: A New Look at the Old Question

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-531

  Johnson, Wendy ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Carothers, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993815531     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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