Two by two: A twin study of second-language acquisition

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Dale, Philip S ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^b   Haworth, Claire M A ^c   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Second language acquisition; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOLOGY; WALES;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; WALES;

EID: 77953754221     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610368060     Document Type: Article

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