A twin study of the genetics of high cognitive ability selected from 11,000 twin pairs in six studies from four countries

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-370

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^b   Martin, Nicolas W ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Bartels, Meike ^c   Posthuma, Danielle ^c,d   Davis, Oliver S P ^a   Brant, Angela M ^e   Corley, Robin P ^e   Hewitt, John K ^e   Iacono, William G ^f   McGue, Matthew ^f   Thompson, Lee A ^g   Hart, Sara A ^h   Petrill, Stephen A ^h   Lubinski, David ⁱ   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; High cognitive ability; Intelligence; Talent; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349181687     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9262-3     Document Type: Article

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