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Line 388: − − === Flynn effect on intelligence: Secular/religious countries === − − The Flynn effect is the significant and long-sustained increase intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world from roughly 1930 to the present.<ref name=R2000>Raven, John (2000). [http://eyeonsociety.co.uk/resources/RPMChangeAndStability.pdf "The Raven's Progressive Matrices: Change and stability over culture and time"]. ''Cognitive Psychology'', vol. 41, pp. 1-48. {{doi|10.1006/cogp.1999.0735}}. Retrieved on October 29, 2014.</ref> In some secular, economically developed countries, the Flynn effect has ceased and their scores on standardized intelligence tests are falling.<ref>Multiple references: − *Singh, Gunjan (July 31, 2010). [http://www.examiner.com/article/how-the-world-s-iq-is-decline "How the world's IQ is in decline"]. Examiner.com. Retrieved on October 26, 2014. − *Lynn, Richard and Vanhanen, Tatu (2006). ''IQ and Global Inequality'' (Augusta, GA: Washington Summit Publishers). ISBN 1-59368-025-2 − *Hally, Thomas (aft. 2010). [http://www.academia.edu/1203173/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_World_1_ "The Rise and Fall of the World's IQ"]. Academia.edu. Retrieved on October 26, 2014. − *Hunter, Philip (March 21, 2012). [http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/intelligence-quotient-james-flynn "Received wisdom: Average IQ is falling in Britain and beyond, explains Philip Hunter"]. ''Prospect'', April 2012. Retrieved from Prospect Magazine website on October 26, 2014.</ref> However, the Flynn effect is continuing in developing countries which tend to be more religious (see: [[Intelligence trends in religious countries and secular countries]]).
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