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.

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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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