The Scarr-Rowe Interaction in Complete Seven-Year WISC Data from the Louisville Twin Study: Preliminary Report

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 635-639

  Turkheimer, Eric ^a   Beam, Christopher E ^b   Davis, Deborah W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

GE interaction; Socioeconomic status; Wechsler intelligence scale for children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; TWINS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84957951489     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9760-4     Document Type: Article

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