Dramatic increase in heritability of cognitive development from early to middle childhood: An 8-year longitudinal study of 8,700 pairs of twins: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1301-1308

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350585040     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02433.x     Document Type: Article

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