The Genetic and Environmental Structure of Verbal and Visuospatial Memory in Young Adults and Children

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 792-802

  van Leeuwen, Marieke ^a,b   van den Berg, Stéphanie M ^a,c   Hoekstra, Rosa A ^a,d   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; development; verbal memory; visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIBLING; TWINS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149119705     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016526     Document Type: Article

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