Life events moderate variation in cognitive ability (g) in adults

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-6

  Vinkhuyzen, A A E ^a   Van Der Sluis, S ^a   Posthuma, D ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EVENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SIBLINGS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650516659     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.12     Document Type: Letter

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