Genetic and environmental influences on aspects of literacy and language in early childhood: Continuity and change from preschool to Grade 2

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-236

  Byrne, Brian ^a   Coventry, William L ^a   Olson, Richard K ^b   Samuelsson, Stefan ^c,d   Corley, Robin ^b   Willcutt, Erik G ^b   Wadsworth, Sally ^b   DeFries, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Literacy development; Reading comprehension; Spelling; Vocabulary; Word reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCANDINAVIA; SPELLING; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60649083950     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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