Comparing the Developmental Genetics of Cognition and Personality over the Life Span

Journal of Personality

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-64

  Briley, Daniel A ^a   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84933055545     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12186     Document Type: Article

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