When does socioeconomic status (SES) moderate the heritability of IQ? No evidence for g × SES interaction for IQ in a representative sample of 1176 Australian adolescent twin pairs

Intelligence

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-15

  Bates, Timothy C ^a   Hansell, Narelle K ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Wright, Margaret J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognitive development; G SES; Gene environment interaction; IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958280856     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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