Multivariate genetic analyses of cognition and academic achievement from two population samples of 174,000 and 166,000 school children

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 699-710

  Calvin, Catherine M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Webbink, Dinand ^b   Smith, Pauline ^c   Fernandes, Cres ^c   Lee, Sang Hong ^d   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Peter M Visscher, ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GL Assessment   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Genetic covariance; Heritability; Intelligence; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; THINKING; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84866532916     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9549-7     Document Type: Article

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