Exploring the Genetic and Environmental Etiology of High General Cognitive Ability in Fourteen- To Thirty-Six-Month-Old Twins

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-74

  Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Saudino, Kimberly ^d   Cherny, Stacey S ^b   Emde, Robert N ^d   Fulker, David W ^b   Hewitt, John K ^b   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; TWINS;

EID: 0031991255     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06133.x     Document Type: Article

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