Phenotypic g early in life on the etiology of general cognitive ability in a large population sample of twin children aged 2 - 4 years

Intelligence

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-210

  Spinath, Frank M ^a   Ronald, Angelica ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^a   Price, Thomas S ^a   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; VARIANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037348314     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(02)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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