Genetic and environmental influences on analogical and categorical verbal and spatial reasoning in 12-year old twins.

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Research on the genetic influences on different abstract reasoning skills (fluid intelligence) and their interrelation (especially in childhood/adolescence) has been sparse. A novel cognitive test battery, the Verbal and Spatial Reasoning test for Children (VESPARCH 1), consisting of four matched (in terms of test-procedure and design) subtests assessing verbal [analogical (VA) and categorical (VC)] and spatial [analogical (SA) and categorical (SC)] reasoning, was administered to a population...

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Authors: Mosing, M; Mellanby, J; Martin, N; Wright, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Behavior genetics
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 722-731
• Publication date: 2012-09-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9540-3
• EISSN: 1573-3297
• ISSN: 0001-8244
• Language: English
• Keywords: Models, Genetic; Male; Humans; Twins, Dizygotic; Gene-Environment Interaction; Twins, Monozygotic; Space Perception; Longitudinal Studies; Intelligence; Child; Neuropsychological Tests; Verbal Behavior; Female