Genetic and environmental origins of verbal and performance components of cognitive delay in 2-year-olds.
The authors investigated the etiology of several measures of cognitive delay. Verbal (V) and performance (P) abilities were assessed in over 3,000 pairs of 2-year-old twins. Group-differences heritability for general delay (the lowest 5% of the V and P composite) was 35%. However, V and P delays con...
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Natura: | Journal article |
Lingua: | English |
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American Psychological Association
1999
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