Novelty seeking as a mediator in relationships between type 4 dopamine receptor gene polymorphism and predisposition to higher education

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-30

  Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Ekelund, Jesper ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; DRD4; Novelty seeking; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642267541     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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