The etiology of science performance: Decreasing heritability and increasing importance of the shared environment from 9 to 12 years of age

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 662-673

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 66149167569     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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