Heritability and "environmentability" of electroencephalogram in infants: The twin study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 727-741

  Orekhova, Elena V ^a   Stroganova, Tatiana A ^b   Posikera, Irina N ^b   Malykh, Sergey B ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Psychological Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Heredity; Infant EEG; Shared environment; Theta rhythm; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DELTA RHYTHM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0141565358     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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