Is there still a cognitive cost of being a twin in the UK?

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Calvin, Catherine ^a   Fernandes, Cres ^b   Smith, Pauline ^b   Visscher, Peter M ^c   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GL Assessment   (United Kingdom)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive Abilities Test; Education; Intelligence; Key Stage 2; Twin

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349145666     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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