Genome-Wide Analyses of Vocabulary Size in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Associations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy, and Cognition-Related Traits.

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.11.025

Article

Genome-Wide Analyses of Vocabulary Size in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Associations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy, and Cognition-Related Traits.

Biological psychiatry - 1 May 2024

Verhoef Ellen, Allegrini Andrea G, Jansen Philip R, Lange Katherine, Wang Carol A, Morgan Angela T, Ahluwalia Tarunveer S, Symeonides Christos, Eising Else, Franken Marie-Christine, Hypponen Elina, Mansell Toby, Olislagers Mitchell, Omerovic Emina, Rimfeld Kaili, Schlag Fenja, Selzam Saskia, Shapland Chin Yang, Tiemeier Henning, Whitehouse Andrew J O, Saffery Richard, Bønnelykke Klaus, Reilly Sheena, Pennell Craig E, Wake Melissa, Cecil Charlotte A M, Plomin Robert, Fisher Simon E, St Pourcain Beate

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: The number of words children produce (expressive vocabulary) and understand (receptive vocabulary) changes rapidly during early development, partially due to genetic factors. Here, we performed a meta-genome-wide association study of vocabulary acquisition and investigated polygenic overlap with literacy, cognition, developmental phenotypes, and neurodevelopmental conditions, including...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Adolescent

Genome-Wide Analyses of Vocabulary Size in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Associations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy, and Cognition-Related Traits.

Abstract excerpt

Topics

Related research