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It takes more than meta-analysis to kill cognitive ability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2023

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Konrad Kulikowski*
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Institute of Management, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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Email: konrad.kulikowski@p.lodz.pl
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 366 - 370
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