Phenotypic and behavioral genetic covariation between elemental cognitive components and scholastic measures

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-246

  Luo, Dasen ^a   Thompson, Lee Anne ^b   Detterman, Douglas K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetic mediation; Elementary cognitive tasks; Intelligence; Mental speed; Scholastic performance; Structural equation modeling; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; READING; SCHOOLS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037762750     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023438323100     Document Type: Article

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