Genetic covariation between brain volumes and IQ, reading performance, and processing speed

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Betjemann, Rebecca S ^a   Johnson, Erin Phinney ^b,g   Barnard, Holly ^b,h   Boada, Richard ^b,c   Filley, Christopher M ^c,d   Filipek, Pauline A ^e   Willcutt, Erik G ^f   Defries, John C ^f   Pennington, Bruce F ^b  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g Waterford Research Institute   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Intelligence; MRI; Processing speed; Reading; Twin design

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949270761     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9328-2     Document Type: Article

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