Socioeconomic status (SES) and children's intelligence (IQ): In a uk-representative sample SES moderates the environmental, not genetic, effect on IQ

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hanscombe, Ken B ^a   Trzaskowski, Maciej ^a   Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Davis, Oliver S P ^a,b,c   Dale, Philip S ^d   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTING EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856480950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030320     Document Type: Article

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