Differential susceptibility to the environment: Are developmental models compatible with the evidence from twin studies?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1330-1339

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological sensitivity to context; Differential susceptibility; Genotype environment interaction; Plasticity; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TWIN STUDY;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84974573427     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000153     Document Type: Article

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