A twin study of differentiation of cognitive abilities in childhood

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-381

  Rietveld, M J H ^a   Dolan, C V ^b   Van Baal, G C M ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cognitive abilities; Differentiation; Heritability; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0141717602     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025388908177     Document Type: Article

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