Emergence of a gene × socioeconomic status interaction on infant mental ability between 10 months and 2 years

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a   Rhemtulla, Mijke ^a,b   Harden, K Paige ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^c   Fask, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral genetics; cognitive development; gene environment interaction; infancy; intelligence; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TWINS;

APTITUDE TESTS; BIOMETRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 78951474871     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610392926     Document Type: Article

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