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Intelligence at an individual and national level is discussed. The lack of studies in the Latin American context justified the project named SLATINT (Study of the Latin American Intelligence). Here the project is described from its conception to the achieved design (sampling and psychological measures used).

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    Douglass Detterman is the founder of the scientific journal Intelligence.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Psychology Institute, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Carmen Flores-Mendoza

  2. Department of Psychology, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

    Rubén Ardila

  3. School of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Ricardo Rosas

  4. Mental Health and Diagnosis Program Faculty of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    María Emilia Lucio

  5. Faculty of Psychology, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

    Miguel Gallegos

  6. Faculty of Humanities, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Lima y Callao, Peru

    Norma Reátegui Colareta

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Flores-Mendoza, C., Ardila, R., Rosas, R., Lucio, M.E., Gallegos, M., Reátegui Colareta, N. (2018). Introduction. In: Intelligence Measurement and School Performance in Latin America. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89975-6_1

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