The heritability of aptitude and exceptional talent across different domains in adolescents and young adults

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-392

  Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E ^a   Van Der Sluis, Sophie ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aptitude; Heritability; High ability; Talent; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; GAME; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SPORT; TWINS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349110437     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9260-5     Document Type: Article

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