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Genetic analyses of the stability of executive functioning during childhood.
Biological psychology - 1 Sept 2007
Polderman Tinca J C, Posthuma Danielle, De Sonneville Leo M J, Stins John F, Verhulst Frank C, Boomsma Dorret I
Abstract excerpt
Executive functioning is an umbrella term for several related cognitive functions like selective- and sustained attention, working memory, and inhibition. Little is known about the stability of executive functioning during childhood. In this study the longitudinal stability of executive functioning was examined in young twins. The twin design enables to investigate genetic and environmental contributions to (the...
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