Estimating the strength of genetic selection against heritable g in a sample of 3520 Americans, sourced from MIDUS II
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Reanalysis of raw data netted four additional effect sizes (MIDUS-II and MIDUS Refresher with the Milwaukee African American sample; Woodley of Menie et al., 2015, and two further effect sizes from Osborne's [1980] study).
“This netted four additional effect sizes (MIDUS-II and MIDUS Refresher with the Milwaukee African American sample; Woodley of Menie et al., 2015, and two further effect sizes from Osborne's [1980] study).”
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Woodley of Menie, M., Peñaherrera-Aguirre, M., & Sarraf, M. (2026) · Intelligence & Cognitive Abilities · doi:10.65550/001c.171909
- Authors
- Woodley of Menie, M. A., Figueredo, A. J., Dunkel, C. S., & Madison, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- Western Illinois University (US)
- Umeå University (SE)
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-11
- Volume
- 86
- Pages
- 266-270
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1944181895
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 7.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- genetic selection, IQ, fertility, Flynn effect, cognitive ability, mutation accumulation, sex differences
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