Genetic and developmental factors in spontaneous selective attention: A study of normal twins

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-174

  Myles Worsley, Marina ^a   Coon, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children at risk; Schizophrenia; Vulnerability marker

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030874315     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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