Learning abilities and disabilities: Generalist genes in early adolescence

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 312-331

  Davis, Oliver S P ^a   Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Development; Genetics; Intelligence; Language; Learning ability; Mathematics; Reading; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ZYGOSITY; ADOLESCENT; COMPREHENSION; GENETICS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 70349768812     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800902797106     Document Type: Article

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