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Genetic covariance structure of reading, intelligence and memory in children.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 2009
van Leeuwen Marieke, van den Berg Stéphanie M, Peper Jiska S, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E, Boomsma Dorret I
Abstract excerpt
This study investigates the genetic relationship among reading performance, IQ, verbal and visuospatial working memory (WM) and short-term memory (STM) in a sample of 112, 9-year-old twin pairs and their older siblings. The relationship between reading performance and the other traits was explained by a common genetic factor for reading performance, IQ, WM and STM and a genetic factor that only influenced reading...
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