Predicting individual differences in reading comprehension: A twin study

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-288

  Harlaar, Nicole ^a   Cutting, Laurie ^b,c,d   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^e   DeThorne, Laura S ^f   Justice, Laura M ^g   Schatschneider, Chris ^h   Thompson, Lee A ⁱ   Petrill, Stephen A ^g  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Genetics; Reading comprehension; Simple View; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78349308523     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-010-0044-7     Document Type: Article

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