Attention Problems, Inhibitory Control, and Intelligence Index Overlapping Genetic Factors: A Study in 9-, 12-, and 18-Year-Old Twins

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-391

  Polderman, Tinca J C ^a,b   de Geus, Eco J C ^a   Hoekstra, Rosa A ^a,c   Bartels, Meike ^a   van Leeuwen, Marieke ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Posthuma, Danielle ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention deficit; childhood; endophenotype; inhibition; IQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 65649148627     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014915     Document Type: Article

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