The genetic basis of the relation between speed-of-information- processing and IQ

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Rijsdijk, F V ^a,c   Vernon, P A ^b   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heritability; IQ; Multivariate genetic analyses; Raven; Reaction times; Structural equation modelling; Twins; WAIS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0032169546     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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