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Heritability of social cognitive skills in children and adolescents.

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Dec 1999

Scourfield J, Martin N, Lewis G, McGuffin P

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BACKGROUND: Social cognitive skills are those which enable understanding of social situations; they are relevant to a variety of psychiatric disorders including autism, schizophrenia and externalizing behaviour problems in children. AIMS: To examine the heritability of social cognitive skills. METHOD: Using a population-based sample of twins aged 5-17, the genetic and environmental influences on social cognitive...

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PMID: 10789354
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.6.559

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