Genotype-environment correlations for language-related abilities: Implications for typical and atypical learners

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 492-502

  Gilger, Jeffrey W ^a   Ho, Hsiu Zu ^b   Whipple, Angela D ^b   Spitz, Romy ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; DYSLEXIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0041907092     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221940103400602     Document Type: Article

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