Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 983-988 , August 2009

Puberty timing and fluid intelligence: A study of correlations between testosterone and intelligence in 8- to 12-year-old Chinese boys

  • Fangfang Shangguan

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    • Center of Human Development and Education, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Jiannong Shi

      Affiliations

    • Center of Human Development and Education, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100101. Tel.: +86 10 64855744; fax: +86 10 64462353.

Received 22 February 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S0306-4530(09)00030-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.012

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 983-988 , August 2009

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