Can ge-covariance originating in phenotype to environment transmission account for the flynn effect?

Journal of Intelligence

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 82-105

  de Kort, Janneke M ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^a   Kan, Kees Jan ^a   van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dickens and Flynn model; Flynn effect; Genotype environment covariance; Longitudinal genetic modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958027426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20793200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence2030082     Document Type: Article

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