Brain volume and intelligence: The moderating role of intelligence measurement quality

Intelligence

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-29

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Bates, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Intelligence; Meta analysis; Meta regression; P curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030454278     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.06.004     Document Type: Article

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