Genes Influence Young Children’s Human Figure Drawings and Their Association With Intelligence a Decade Later

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1843-1850

  Arden, Rosalind ^a   Trzaskowski, Maciej ^a   Garfield, Victoria ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition(s); cognitive ability; creativity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84910058854     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614540686     Document Type: Article

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