Heritability of word recognition in middle-aged men varies as a function of parental education

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-433

  Kremen, William S ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^b   Xian, Hong ^c   Eisen, Seth A ^c   Waterman, Brian ^d   Toomey, Rosemary ^e   Neale, Michael C ^b   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,e   Lyons, Michael J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Waterman Research Solutions   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Middle aged; Moderator; Reading ability; Twin study; Word recognition parental education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; READING; WORD RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 20544437185     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-3876-2     Document Type: Article

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