Validating Online Measures of Cognitive Ability in Genes for Good, a Genetic Study of Health and Behavior

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 136-148

  Liu, MengZhen ^a   Rea Sandin, Gianna ^b   Foerster, Johanna ^c   Fritsche, Lars ^c   Brieger, Katharine ^d   Clark, Christopher ^d   Li, Kevin ^d   Pandit, Anita ^d   Zajac, Gregory ^d   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^d   Vrieze, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Trondelag   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

education; genetic association; IQ; online assessment; personality; polygenic score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85068092641     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191117744048     Document Type: Article

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