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Genetic covariation between theAuthor Recognition Test and reading and verbal abilities: what can we learn from the analysis of high performance?
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2009
Martin Nicolas W, Hansell Narelle K, Wainwright Mark A, Shekar Sri N, Medland Sarah E, Bates Timothy C, Burt Jennifer S, Martin Nicholas G, Wright Margaret J
Abstract excerpt
The Author Recognition Test (ART) measures print exposure and is a unique predictor of phonological and orthographic processes in reading. In a sample of adolescent and young adult twins and siblings (216 MZ/430 DZ pairs, 307 singletons; aged 11-29 years) ART scores were moderately heritable (67%) and correlated with reading and verbal abilities, with genes largely accounting for the covariance. We also examine...
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