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Chapter 5 - Intelligence in Edinburgh, Scotland: Bringing Intelligence to Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2018

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Ian J. Deary  and
Stuart J. Ritchie
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Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
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Cornell University, New York
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The Nature of Human Intelligence , pp. 64 - 84
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