A twin study of auditory processing indicates that dichotic listening ability is a strongly heritable trait

Human Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Morell, Robert J ^a   Brewer, Carmen C ^a   Ge, Dongliang ^c,d   Snieder, Harold ^c,e   Zalewski, Christopher K ^a   King, Kelly A ^a,b   Drayna, Dennis ^a   Friedman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34447290217     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0384-5     Document Type: Article

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