Familial influences on sustained attention and inhibition in preschoolers

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 306-314

  Groot, Alexia S ^a   de Sonneville, Leo M J ^b   Stins, John F ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Familial influences; Inhibition; Preschoolers; Sex differences; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1242298874     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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