Working memory and parent-rated components of attention in middle childhood: A behavioral genetic study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-208

  Wang, Zhe ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Cutting, Laurie ^b   Thompson, Lee A ^c   Petrill, Stephen A ^d  

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

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Middle childhood; Parent rated attention; Twins; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALERTING ATTENTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXECUTIVE ATTENTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONSHARED ENVIROMENTAL VARIANCE; ORIENTING ATTENTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHARED ENVIROMENTAL VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84860658030     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9508-8     Document Type: Article

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