Nature prevails over nurture

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-67

  Klissouras, Vassilis ^a,b   Geladas, Nicos ^a   Koskolou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environment; Genes; Nature; Nature nurture interplay; Nurture; Sport performance; Training; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147181481     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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