The heritability of human behavior: Results of aggregating meta-analyses

Current Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Malouff, John M ^a   Rooke, Sally E ^a   Schutte, Nicola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Heritability; Human behavior; Meta analysis; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249173896     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-008-9032-z     Document Type: Article

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