Phenotypic and genetic analyses of the wisconsin card sort

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-220

  Godinez, Detre A ^a,b   Friedman, Naomi P ^b   Rhee, Soo Hyun ^b   Miyake, Akira ^b   Hewitt, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Genetics; Perseveration; Twin study; WCST

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPERSEVERATIVE ERROR; PERSEVERATIVE ERROR; PHENOTYPE; RELIABILITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860701831     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9502-1     Document Type: Article

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