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Genetic and environmental stability of intelligence in childhood and adolescence.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Jun 2014
Franić Sanja, Dolan Conor V, van Beijsterveldt Catherina E M, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E, Bartels Meike, Boomsma Dorret I
Abstract excerpt
The present study examined the genetic and environmental contributions to the temporal stability of verbal, non-verbal and general intelligence across a developmental period spanning childhood and adolescence (5-18 years). Longitudinal twin data collected in four different studies on a total of 1,748 twins, comprising 4,641 measurement points in total, were analyzed using genetic adaptations of the simplex model....
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