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Genetic covariation between brain volumes and IQ, reading performance, and processing speed.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2010
Betjemann Rebecca S, Johnson Erin Phinney, Barnard Holly, Boada Richard, Filley Christopher M, Filipek Pauline A, Willcutt Erik G, DeFries John C, Pennington Bruce F
Abstract excerpt
Although there has been much interest in the relation between brain size and cognition, few studies have investigated this relation within a genetic framework and fewer still in non-adult samples. We analyzed the genetic and environmental covariance between structural MRI data from four brain regions (total brain volume, neocortex, white matter, and prefrontal cortex), and four cognitive measures (verbal IQ...
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