A cross-sectional behavioral genetic analysis of task persistence in the transition to middle childhood

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^b   Thompson, Lee A ^c   DeThorne, Laura S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TWINS; UNIVERSITY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 17544383733     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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