eprintid: 14004 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/01/40/04 datestamp: 2016-11-29 07:34:14 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:28:06 status_changed: 2016-11-29 07:34:14 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Weber, D. creators_name: Dekhtyar, S. creators_name: Herlitz, A. creators_id: 1931 creators_orcid: 0000-0001-7873-0458 title: The Flynn effect in Europe – Effects of sex and region ispublished: pub divisions: prog_pop keywords: Flynn effect; Sex differences; Cognition; Memory; SHARE abstract: The Flynn effect describes the observed improvement in cognitive performance over time among individuals of the same age. We examine if the Flynn effect varies across three European regions and whether there are sex differences in the extent of improvement over time. Using SHARE-data, with a study population of 34,300 non-institutionalized individuals, aged between 50 and 84 years, we find that the Flynn effect is larger in regions which experienced the most rapid pace of development over time (Southern Europe), than in regions with relatively higher levels of development but less change over time (Central and Northern Europe). With respect to sex differences in the Flynn effect, we find that women, on the whole in Europe, have a larger Flynn effect than men. In the regional analyses, non-significant trends indicate that women gain more than men in Northern and Central Europe. date: 2017 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier id_number: 10.1016/j.intell.2016.11.003 creators_browse_id: 325 full_text_status: none publication: Intelligence volume: 60 pagerange: 39-45 refereed: TRUE issn: 01602896 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: no fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Weber, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-0458 , Dekhtyar, S., & Herlitz, A. (2017). The Flynn effect in Europe – Effects of sex and region. Intelligence 60 39-45. 10.1016/j.intell.2016.11.003 .