Genetic contribution to variation in cognitive function: An fMRI study in twins

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5922, 2009, Pages 1737-1740

  Koten Jr , Jan Willem ^a,b   Wood, Guilherme ^c   Hagoort, Peter ^d,g   Goebel, Rainer ^e,h   Propping, Peter ^f   Willmes, Klaus ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMORY; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRUM; COGNITION; GENES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; SIBLINGS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 63449128165     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167371     Document Type: Article

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