Inspection time and cognitive abilities in twins aged 7 to 17 years: Age-related changes, heritability and genetic covariance

Intelligence

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-225

  Edmonds, Caroline J ^a   Isaacs, Elizabeth B ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^d   Rogers, Mary ^a   Lanigan, Julie ^a   Singhal, Atul ^a   Lucas, Alan ^a   Gringras, Paul ^c   Denton, Jane ^b   Deary, Ian J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; Genetic covariance; Heritability; Inspection time; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149100497     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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