The heritability of memory in the Western Reserve Twin Project.

doi:10.1007/BF01067819

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The heritability of memory in the Western Reserve Twin Project.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1994

Thapar A, Petrill S A, Thompson L A

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The heritability of memory ability was examined using 137 monozygotic and 127 same-sex dizygotic twin pairs from the Western Reserve Twin Project. Memory was assessed by eight measures drawn from the following batteries: the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised, the Colorado Test of...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Male
Memory
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Social Environment
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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