The etiology of giftedness

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-307

  Thompson, Lee Anne ^a   Oehlert, Jeremy ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic; Giftedness; Heritability; Nonshared environment; Shared environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954314967     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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