Childhood Socioeconomic Status Amplifies Genetic Effects on Adult Intelligence

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2111-2116

  Bates, Timothy C ^a   Lewis, Gary J ^b   Weiss, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive ability; cognitive development; genetics; intelligence; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885360262     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613488394     Document Type: Article

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