Looking down on human intelligence : from psychometrics to the brain /

What is it about human brains that makes some people more capable than others? In this critical account, Professor Ian Deary reviews historical, cognitive, and biological research on the foundations of human mental ability.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deary, Ian J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:Oxford psychology series ; no. 34.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:What is it about human brains that makes some people more capable than others? In this critical account, Professor Ian Deary reviews historical, cognitive, and biological research on the foundations of human mental ability.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-364) and index.
ISBN:9780191712531
0191712531
0191545716
9780191545719