Colorado longitudinal twin study of reading disability

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-160

  Wadsworth, Sally J ^a   DeFries, John C ^a   Olson, Richard K ^a   Willcutt, Erik G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Etiology; Genetic; Longitudinal; Reading disability; Stability; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 38449090088     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-007-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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