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GWAS-based pathway analysis differentiates between fluid and crystallized intelligence.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Sept 2014
Christoforou A, Espeseth T, Davies G, Fernandes C P D, Giddaluru S, Mattheisen M, Tenesa A, Harris S E, Liewald D C, Payton A, Ollier W, Horan M, Pendleton N, Haggarty P, Djurovic S, Herms S, Hoffman P, Cichon S, Starr J M, Lundervold A, Reinvang I, Steen V M, Deary I J, Le Hellard S
Abstract excerpt
Cognitive abilities vary among people. About 40-50% of this variability is due to general intelligence (g), which reflects the positive correlation among individuals' scores on diverse cognitive ability tests. g is positively correlated with many life outcomes, such as education, occupational status and health, motivating the investigation of its underlying biology. In psychometric research, a distinction is made...
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