Family Background and Genius

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Rothenberg, Albert ^a,c   Wyshak, Grace ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Creativity and mental illness; Genetic counselling; Genius; Heredity; Literary prizewinners; Motivation; Occupational inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PERFORMANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

EID: 1942473057     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900306     Document Type: Article

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