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Books – Research
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Flynn, J. R. (2019). Homage to Political Philosophy: The Good Society from Plato to the Present. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Flynn, J. R. (2019). A Book Too Risky To Publish: Free Speech And Universities. Academica Press
- Flynn, J. R. (2016). No place to hide: Climate change, a short introduction for New Zealanders. Nelson, New Zealand: Potton & Burton, 116p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2016). Does your family make you smarter? Nature, nurture, and human autonomy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 258p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2016). The new torchlight list: In search of the best modern authors. Wellington, New Zealand: Awa Press, 327p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2013). Intelligence and human progress: The story of what was hidden in our genes. Oxford, UK: Academic Press, 111p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2012). Beyond patriotism: From Truman to Obama. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 240p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2012). How to improve your mind: Twenty keys to unlock the modern world. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 192p. doi: 10.1002/9781118314999
- Flynn, J. (2012). Fate & philosophy: A journey through life’s great questions. Wellington, New Zealand: Awa Press, 256p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2012). Are we getting smarter? Rising IQ in the twenty-first century. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 310p.
- Flynn, J. (2010). The torchlight list: Around the world in 200 books. Wellington: Awa Press, 200p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2008). Where have all the liberals gone? Race, class, and ideals in America. Cambridge University Press, 336p.
- Flynn, J. R. (2007). What is intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect. Cambridge University Press, 216p.
- Flynn, J. (2000). How to Defend Humane Ideals: Substitues for Objectivity. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 224p.
- Flynn, J R. (1991). Asian Americans: Achievement beyond IQ. (pp. ix, 169). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
- Flynn, J. R. (1980). Race, IQ and Jensen. London, Routledge.
Books – Other
- Flynn, J. (2015). Senza alibi: Il cambiamento climatico – impedire la catastrofe [Translation of No place to hide: Spend an evening to learn all about climate change]. Torino, Italy: Bollati Boringhieri, 176p.
- Flynn, J. (2002). Looking behind the Appearances. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 22p.
Book chapters – Research
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James R. Flynn, “Intelligence, Society and Human Autonomy” in Robert J. Sternberg (ed.), The Nature of Human Intelligence, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Flynn, J. R. (2015). The march of reason: What was hidden in our genes. In S. Goldstein, D. Princiotta & J. A. Naglieri (Eds.), Handbook of intelligence: Evolutionary theory, historical perspective, and current concepts. (pp. 471-485). Springer.
- Flynn, J. R. (2013). Intelligence. In B. Kaldis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
- Flynn, J. R., & Blair, C. (2013). The history of intelligence: New spectacles for developmental psychology. In P. D. Zelazo (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology: Body and mind (Vol. 1). (pp. 765-790). Oxford University Press.
- Flynn, J. R. (2013). The Flynn effect. In D. S. Dunn (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in psychology. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199828340-0150
- Flynn, J. (2012). Flynn effect. In J. Banks (Ed.), Encyclopedia of diversity in education (Vol. 2). (pp. 922-927). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. doi: 10.4135/9781452218533.n293
- Flynn, J. R. (2011). Black youth: The lost boys. In N. E. Hill, T. L. Mann & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), African American children and mental health: Development and context (Vol. 1). (pp. 29-62). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Flynn, J. R. (2011). Secular changes in intelligence. In R. J. Sternberg & S. B. Kaufman (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of intelligence. (pp. 647-665). Cambridge University Press.
- Flynn, J. R. (2011). Flynn Effect. In J. S. Kreutzer, J. DeLuca & B. Caplan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. (pp. 1061-1065). New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1074
- Flynn, J. R. (2009). Howard Gardner and the use of words. In B. Shearer (Ed.), MI at 25: Assessing the impact and future of multiple intelligences for teaching and learning. (pp. 56-68). New York: Teacher’s College Press.
- Flynn, J. R. (2009). The ideology of social democracy: The despotic state vs. the despotic market. In M. Francis & J. Tully (Eds.), In the public interest: Essays in honour of Professor Keith Jackson. (pp. 189-202). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
- Flynn, J. (2008). Asian Americans: Achievement well beyond IQ. In J. Raven (Ed.), Uses and abuses of intelligence: Studies advancing Spearman and Raven’s quest for non-arbitrary metrics. (pp. 415-430). New York: Royal Fireworks Press.
- Flynn, J. R. (2008). The history of the American mind in the 20th century: A scenario to explain IQ gains over time and a case for the irrelevance of g. In P. C. Kyllonen, R. D. Roberts & L. Stankov (Eds.), Extending intelligence: Enhancement and new constructs. (pp. 207-222). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Flynn, J. R. (2008). Luria und das Paradox massiver IQ-Gewinne längs der Zeit [Luria and the paradox of massive IQ gains over time]. In G. W. Oesterdiekhoff & H. Rindermann (Eds.), Kultur und Kognition: Die Beiträge von Psychometrie und Piaget-Psychologie zum Verständnis kultureller Unterschiede [Intelligence and culture: The approaches of psychometrics and Piaget-psychology towards understanding culture compared]. (pp. 111-132). Munster, Germany: Lit Verlag.
- Flynn, J. R. (2008). IQ controversy. In W. A. Darity (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social sciences. (2nd ed.) (pp. 139-142). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference.
- Flynn, J. (2008). Excerpts from: “How to defend humane ideals”. In J. Raven (Ed.), Uses and abuses of intelligence: Studies advancing Spearman and Raven’s quest for non-arbitrary metrics. (pp. 556-567). New York: Royal Fireworks Press.
- Flynn, J. R. (2007). Arthur Jensen. In J. Moore (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (Vol. 2). USA: Macmillan Reference.
- Flynn, J. R. (2007). The America who would be king: In praise of moral restraint or concerns of an acolyte of Thomas Hobbes. In D. B. MacDonald, R. G. Patman & B. Mason-Parker (Eds.), The ethics of foreign policy. (pp. 39-52). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
- Flynn, J. R. (2006). O efeito Flynn: Repensando a inteligência e aquilo que a afeta [The effect Flynn: Repensando the intelligence and what the affects]. In C. Flores-Mendoza & R. Colom (Eds.), Introdução À psicologia das diferenças individuais. (pp. 387-411). Porto Alegre, Brazil: Artmed.
- Flynn, J. R. (2005). The IQ debate. In C. Mitcham (Ed.), The encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics. (Vol.2 ed.) (pp. 1057-1061). Detroit, USA: Macmillan Reference.
- Flynn, J. R. (2004). The sociology of IQ: Enhancing cognitive skills. In M. Olssen (Ed.), Culture and learning: Access and opportunity in the classroom. (pp. 257-278). USA: Information Age Publishing.
- Flynn, J. (2000). IQ gains, WISC subtests and fluid g: g theory and the relevance of Spearman’s hypothesis to race (followed by discussion). In G. R. Bock, J. A. Goode & K. Webb (Eds.), Nature of Intelligence (Novartis Foundation Symposium 233). (pp. 202-227). New York: Wiley.
- Flynn, J. (1999). IQ trends over time: intelligence, race, and meritocracy. In K. Arrow, S. Bowles & S. Durlauf (Eds.), Meritocracy and Economic Inequality. (pp. 35-60). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Flynn, J. (1998). The schools: IQ tests, labels, and the word “intelligence”. In J. S. Carlson, J. Kingma & W. Tomic (Eds.), Advances in Cognition and Educational Practice, Volume 5, Conceptual Issues in Research on Intelligence. (pp. 13-42). London: JAI Press.
- Flynn, J. (1998). IQ gains over time: toward finding the causes. In U. Neisser (Ed.), The Rising Curve: Long Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures. (pp. 25-66). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.
- Flynn, J. (1996). Scots, the physiological correlates of IQ, and the Milwaukee Project. In D. K. Detterman (Ed.), Current Topics in Human Intelligence, Vol 5: The Environment. (pp. 197-210). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing.
- Flynn, J. R. (1996). What environmental factors affect intelligence: The relevance of IQ gains over time. In The environment. (pp. 17–29). Ablex Publishing.
- Flynn, J. R. (1987). Race and IQ: Jensen’s case refuted. In Arthur Jensen: Consensus and controversy (pp. 221–232). Falmer Press Lewes, England.
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Flynn, J. R. (1987). Flynn replies to Nichols. In Arthur Jensen: Consensus and controversy (pp. 234–235). Falmer Press Lewes, England.
Journal – Research Articles
- Flynn, J. R. (2019). Reservations about Rushton. Psych, 1(1), 35-43.
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Flynn, J. R. (2019). A response to te Nijenhuis et al.(2019). Journal of biosocial science, 51(6), 913-916.
- Flynn, J. R. (2018). Reflections about intelligence over 40 years. Intelligence, 70, 73-83.
- Flynn, J. R. (2018). Academic freedom and race: You ought not to believe what you think may be true. Journal of Criminal Justice, 59, 127-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.05.010
- Flynn, J. R. (2017). Male and female balance sheet. Mankind Quarterly, 58(1), 43-68.
- Flynn, J. R., & Shayer, M. (2017). IQ decline and Piaget: Does the rot start at the top? Intelligence, 66, 112-121. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.11.010
- Woodley of Menie, M. A., Peñaherrera, M. A., Fernandes, H. B. F., Becker, D., & Flynn, J. R. (2016). It’s getting bigger all the time: Estimating the Flynn effect from secular brain mass increases in Britain and Germany. Learning & Individual Differences, 45, 95-100. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.11.004
- Flynn, J. R. (2016). No population is frozen in time: The sociology of intelligence. Psychological Inquiry, 27(3), 205-209. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2016.1181518
- Flynn, J. R. (2015). Genetic Differences Between Races for Desirable Traits. PsycCRITIQUES, 60(13).
- Flynn, J. R. (2014). The folly of writing history without a cognitive dimension. Mankind Quarterly, 54(3-4), 313-321.
- Flynn, J. R., te Nijenhuis, J., & Metzen, D. (2014). The g beyond Spearman’s g: Flynn’s paradoxes resolved using four exploratory meta-analyses. Intelligence, 44(1), 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.01.009
- Flynn, J. R. (2014). Intelligence: Pre-theory and post-theory. Journal of Intelligence, 2(1), 6.
- Flynn, J. R. (2013). The “Flynn Effect” and Flynn’s paradox. Intelligence, 41(6), 851-857. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.06.014
- Flynn, J. R. (2013). Arthur Robert Jensen (1923-2012). Intelligence, 41, 144-145.
- Flynn, J. (2012). Why IQs are rising: And why it’s deadly serious. New Scientist, 215(2881), 26-27.
- Flynn, J. R., & Rossi-Casé, L. (2012). IQ gains in Argentina between 1964 and 1998. Intelligence, 40(2), 145-150. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.01.006
- Nisbett, R. E., Aronson, J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J., & Halpern, D. F. (2012). Intelligence: New Findings and Theoretical Developments. American Psychologist, 67(2), 130-159. doi: 10.1037/a0026699
- Nisbett, R. E., Aronson, J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J., Halpern, D. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2012). Group differences in IQ are best understood as environmental in origin.
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Flynn, J., Shaughnessy, M. F., & Fulgham, S. W. (2012). An Interview with Jim Flynn about the Flynn Effect. North American Journal of Psychology, 14(1).
- Flynn, J. R., & Rossi-Casé, L. (2011). Modern women match men on Raven’s Progressive Matrices. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(6), 799-803.
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Flynn, J. R. (2010). Problems with IQ gains: The huge vocabulary gap. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28(5), 412-433.
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Flynn, J. R. (2010). Commentary on “Intelligence and Personality as Predictors of Illness and Death” by Deary, Weiss, and Batty. Psychological Science in the Public Interest
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Flynn, J. R. (2010). The spectacles through which I see the race and IQ debate. Intelligence.
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Flynn, J. R. (2009). Ethics and psychology: The meritocracy thesis. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 6-8.
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Flynn, J. R. (2009). Requiem for nutrition as the cause of IQ gains: Raven’s gains in Britain 1938–2008. Economics & Human Biology, 7(1), 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2009.01.009
- Flynn, J. (2009). Would you wish the research undone?. Nature, 458(7235), 146-146.
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Flynn, J. R. (2009). The WAIS-III and WAIS-IV: Daubert Motions Favor the Certainly False over the Approximately True. Applied Neuropsychology, 16(2), 98–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/09084280902864360
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Flynn, J. R. (2007). Arthur Jensen and John Stuart Mill. Cato Unbound.
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Flynn, J. R. (2007). Measuring Two Different Things: People and Trends. Cato Unbound.
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Flynn, J. R. (2007). Solving the IQ puzzle. Scientific American Mind, 18(5), 24-31.
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Flynn, J. R., & Weiss, L. G. (2007). American IQ gains from 1932 to 2002: The WISC subtests and educational progress. International Journal of Testing, 7(2), 209-224.
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Flynn, J. R. (2007). Capital offenders and the death sentence: A scandal that must be addressed. Psychology in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 32, 3-7.
- Flynn, J. R. (2006). Tethering the elephant: Capital cases, IQ, and the Flynn effect. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 12(2), 170.
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Dickens, W. T., & Flynn, J. R. (2006). Black Americans Reduce the Racial IQ Gap: Evidence From Standardization Samples. Psychological Science, 17(10), 913–920. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01802.x
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Flynn, J. (2003). Nuclear stigma. The Social Amplification of Risk, 326–352.
- Flynn, J. R. (2003). Movies about intelligence: The limitations of g. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12(3), 95-99.
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Dickens, W. T., & Flynn, J. R., J. (2002). The IQ Paradox: Still Resolved. 25.
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Dickens, W., & Flynn, J. R (2001). Great leap forward. The New Scientist, 170, 44–47.
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Dickens, W. T., & Flynn, J. R. (2001). Heritability Estimates Versus Large Environmental Effects: The IQ Paradox Resolved. 24.
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Flynn, J. R. (2000). The hidden history of IQ and special education: Can the problems be solved? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 6(1), 191–198. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.6.1.191
- Finucane, M. L., Slovic, P., Mertz, C. K., Flynn, J., & Satterfield, T. A. (2000). Gender, race, and perceived risk: The’white male’effect. Health, risk & society, 2(2), 159-172.
- Flynn, James R. (1998). WAIS–III and WISC–III IQ Gains in the United States from 1972 to 1995: How to Compensate for Obsolete Norms. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 86(3_suppl), 1231–1239. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1998.86.3c.1231
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Flynn, J. R. (1999). The Discovery of IQ Gains Over Time. American Psychologist, 16.
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Flynn, J. R. (1998). Evidence against Rushton: The genetic loading of WISC-R subtests and the causes of between-group IQ differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 26(2), 373–379. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00149-4
- Flynn, J. R. (1998). ISRAELI MILITARY IQ TESTS: GENDER DIFFERENCES SMALL; IQ GAINS LARGE. Journal of Biosocial Science, 30(4), 541–553. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932098005410
- Flynn, J. R. (1998). Rising IQ Scores: Implications for the Elderly. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 17(3), 106–107. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00047.x
- Flynn, J. R. (1996). Group differences: is the good society impossible?. Journal of biosocial science, 28(4), 573-585.
- Flynn, J. R. (1995). Banishing Meritocracy. The Brookings Review, 13(4), 2–2.
- Flynn, J. R. (1995). The Alliance Vote: An Application of the Three-Cultures Hypothesis. Political Science, 47(1), 34–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/003231879504700102
- Flynn, J. R. (1994). IQ gains over time. Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence, 1, 617–623.
- Flynn, J. R. (1994). Giving g a Fair Chance: How to Define Intelligence, Survive Falsification, and Resist Behaviorism. Psychological Inquiry, 5(3), 204–208. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli0503_6
- Flynn, J., Slovic, P., & Mertz, C. K. (1994). Gender, race, and perception of environmental health risks. Risk analysis, 14(6), 1101-1108.
- Flynn, J. R. (1993). Skodak and skeels: The inflated mother-child IQ gap. Intelligence, 17(4), 557–561. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-2896(93)90019-2
- Flynn, J. R. (1992). Cultural distance and the limitations of IQ. Education for Cultural Diversity: Convergence and Divergence, 343–360.
- Flynn, J. R. (1991). Reaction Times Show That Both Chinese and British Children are More Intelligent Than One Another. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 72(2), 544–546. doi:10.2466/pms.1991.72.2.544
- Flynn, J. R. (1990). Massive IQ Gains on the Scottish WISC: Evidence Against Brand et al.’s Hypothesis. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 11(1), 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/03033910.1990.10557787
- Flynn, J. R. (1990). Explanation, evaluation, and a rejoinder to Rushton. The Psychologist, 3, 199–200.
- Flynn, J. R. (1989). Rushton, evolution, and race: An essay on intelligence and virtue. The Psychologist, 2(9), 363–6.
- Flynn, J. R. (1989). Chinese Americans: Evidence that IQ tests cannot compare ethnic groups. Bulletin of the International Test Commission, 28(29), 8–20.
- Flynn, J. R. (1988). Japanese Intelligence Simply Fades Away. A Rejoinder to Lynn’. The Psychologist, 1, 348–350.
- Flynn, J. R. (1988). IQ gains in NZ: About race, mental retardation and longitudinal studies. Mental Testing in New Zealand: Critical and Oppositional Perspectives, 128–151.
- Flynn, J. R. (1988). The decline and rise of scholastic aptitude scores. American Psychologist, 43(6), 479–480. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.43.6.479
- Flynn, J. R. (1987). Massive IQ gains in 14 nations: What IQ tests really measure. Psychological bulletin, 101(2), 171.
- Flynn, J. R. (1987). Causal factors in generational IQ gains. Nature, 328(6133), 765-765.
- Flynn, J. R. (1987). The ontology of intelligence. In Measurement, realism and objectivity (pp. 1-40). Springer, Dordrecht.
- Flynn, J. R. (1987). The rise and fall of Japanese IQ. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 40, 459–464.
- Flynn, J. R. (1986). Sociobiology and IQ trends over time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9(1), 192-192.
- Flynn, J. R. (1985). Wechsler intelligence tests: Do we really have a criterion of mental retardation? American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 90(3), 236–244.
- Flynn, J. R. (1984). The mean IQ of Americans: Massive gains 1932 to 1978. Psychological bulletin, 95(1), 29.
- Flynn, J. R. (1984). RACE, IQ AND GRANDPARENTS. New Scientist, 101(1404), 29–31.
- Flynn, J. R. (1984). Japanese IQ. Nature, 308(5956), 222–222. https://doi.org/10.1038/308222a0
- Flynn, J. R. (1984). Now the great augmentation of the American IQ. Nature, 308(5956), 222–222. https://doi.org/10.1038/308222a0
- Flynn, J. R. (1984). IQ GAINS AND THE BINET DECREMENTS. Journal of Educational Measurement, 21(3), 283–290. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3984.1984.tb01035.x
- Flynn, J. R. (1983). Japanese intelligence: Now the great augmentation of the American IQ. Nature, 301(5902), 655–655. https://doi.org/10.1038/301655a0
- Flynn, J. R. (1982). Lynn, the Japanese, and environmentalism. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 35, 409–413.
- Flynn, J. R. (1982). The evidence for American IQ gains. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 35, 411.
- Flynn, J. R. (1976). The realm of the moral. American Philosophical Quarterly, 13(4), 273-286.
- Flynn, J. R. (1974). The Unresolvability of Ethical Disputes. The Philosophical Quarterly, 24(97), 337. doi:10.2307/2217826
Interviews, popular media
- Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, 2020, Understanding intelligence – Professor James Flynn
- Grégoire Canlorbe, European Scientist, 2019, A conversation with James Flynn
- Peter Wilby, The Guardian, 2016, Beyond the Flynn effect: new myths about race, family and IQ?
- Ian Tucker, The Guardian, 2012, IQ may go up as well as down
- Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 2012, Are You Smarter Than Your Grandfather? Probably Not.
- Max Rauner, Die Zeit, 2008, Abstieg in die Dummheit
- John Grace, The Guardian, 2007, Receiver of wisdom
- HERRICK@GNXP, Gnxp/UNZ, 2007, 10 Questions for James Flynn
Pieces in popular media
- Flynn, J. R. (2019): My Book Defending Free Speech Has Been Pulled
- Flynn, J. R. (2016): Does your family make you smarter? Ask the IQ expert
- Flynn, J. R. (2012): Are We Really Getting Smarter?
- Flynn, J. R. (2007): Shattering Intelligence: Implications for Education and Interventions