A Longitudinal Genetic Analysis of Low Verbal and Nonverbal Cognitive Abilities in Early Childhood

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Price, Thomas S ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1942499476     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204323016122     Document Type: Article

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