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  1. School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

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Ellingsen, V.J. (2016). Personality and Cognitive Abilities. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_990-1

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