Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings

R Plomin, IJ Deary - Molecular psychiatry, 2015 - nature.com
Intelligence is a core construct in differential psychology and behavioural genetics, and
should be so in cognitive neuroscience. It is one of the best predictors of important life …

The new genetics of intelligence

R Plomin, S Von Stumm - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Intelligence—the ability to learn, reason and solve problems—is at the forefront of
behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important …

Genetic foundations of human intelligence

IJ Deary, W Johnson, LM Houlihan - Human genetics, 2009 - Springer
Individual differences in intelligence (cognitive abilities) are a prominent aspect of human
psychology, and play a substantial role in influencing important life outcomes. Their …

Genome-wide association studies establish that human intelligence is highly heritable and polygenic

G Davies, A Tenesa, A Payton, J Yang, SE Harris… - Molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
General intelligence is an important human quantitative trait that accounts for much of the
variation in diverse cognitive abilities. Individual differences in intelligence are strongly …

Genomic analysis of family data reveals additional genetic effects on intelligence and personality

WD Hill, RC Arslan, C Xia, M Luciano, C Amador… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Pedigree-based analyses of intelligence have reported that genetic differences account for
50–80% of the phenotypic variation. For personality traits these effects are smaller, with 34 …

Genetics of intelligence

IJ Deary, FM Spinath, TC Bates - European Journal of Human Genetics, 2006 - nature.com
This article provides an overview of the biometric and molecular genetic studies of human
psychometric intelligence. In the biometric research, special attention is given to the …

Genetic variation, brain, and intelligence differences

IJ Deary, SR Cox, WD Hill - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Individual differences in human intelligence, as assessed using cognitive test scores, have a
well-replicated, hierarchical phenotypic covariance structure. They are substantially stable …

Genetics and intelligence: What's new?

R Plomin, SA Petrill - Intelligence, 1997 - Elsevier
Nature as well as nurture contributes to the development of individual differences in
intelligence. Genetic research on intelligence has moved beyond this rudimentary nature …

A combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 187 loci and a role for neurogenesis and myelination in intelligence

WD Hill, RE Marioni, O Maghzian, SJ Ritchie… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Intelligence, or general cognitive function, is phenotypically and genetically correlated with
many traits, including a wide range of physical, and mental health variables. Education is …

Intelligence: genetics, genes, and genomics.

R Plomin, FM Spinath - Journal of personality and social …, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
More is known about the genetics of intelligence than about any other trait, behavioral or
biological, which is selectively reviewed in this article. Two of the most interesting genetic …