Individual Differences in Executive Functions Are Almost Entirely Genetic in Origin

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-225

  Friedman, Naomi P ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a   Young, Susan E ^a   DeFries, John C ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

executive control; frontal lobe tasks; heritability; inhibition; task switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 44149103125     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.2.201     Document Type: Article

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