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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Most reported genetic associations with general intelligence are probably false positives

CF Chabris, BM Hebert, DJ Benjamin… - Psychological …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
General intelligence (g) and virtually all other behavioral traits are heritable. Associations
between g and specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in several candidate genes …

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 …

Genetics of brain function and cognition

EJC de Geus, MJ Wright, NG Martin, DI Boomsma - Behavior genetics, 2001 - Springer
There is overwhelming evidence for the existence of substantial genetic influences on
individual differences in general and specific cognitive abilities, especially in adults. The …

Multivariate genetic analyses of cognition and academic achievement from two population samples of 174,000 and 166,000 school children

CM Calvin, IJ Deary, D Webbink, P Smith… - Behavior genetics, 2012 - Springer
The genetic influence on the association between contemporaneously measured
intelligence and academic achievement in childhood was examined in nationally …