Genetic and environmental covariation between verbal and nonverbal cognitive development in infancy

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 948-959

  Price, Thomas S ^a   Eley, Thalia C ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Stevenson, Jim ^d   Saudino, Kim ^c   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034230439     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00201     Document Type: Article

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