Genes and sales

S Gong, Q Li, S Su, J Zhang - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper presents one of the first marketing applications of molecular genetics. We report
evidence that salespeople's genetic variants linked to educational attainment predict sales …

Genome-wide polygenic scores predict reading performance throughout the school years

S Selzam, PS Dale, RK Wagner… - Scientific Studies of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
It is now possible to create individual-specific genetic scores, called genome-wide polygenic
scores (GPS). We used a GPS for years of education (EduYears) to predict reading …

Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout

L Aarøe, V Appadurai, KM Hansen, AJ Schork… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Although the genetic influence on voter turnout is substantial (typically 40–50%), the
underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Across the social sciences, research suggests that …

Genetic influence on intergenerational educational attainment

Z Ayorech, E Krapohl, R Plomin… - Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Using twin (6,105 twin pairs) and genomic (5,825 unrelated individuals taken from the twin
sample) analyses, we tested for genetic influences on the parent-offspring correspondence …

Genetics and child development: Recent advances and their implications for developmental research

E Armstrong‐Carter, J Wertz… - Child Development …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional,
behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children's development. In this …

A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout

CT Dawes, A Okbay, S Oskarsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Twin and adoption studies have shown that individual differences in political participation
can be explained, in part, by genetic variation. However, these research designs cannot …

Family disadvantage, gender, and the returns to genetic human capital

V Ronda, E Agerbo, D Bleses… - The Scandinavian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we investigate the context‐dependence of genetic influences on human capital
formation in Denmark. We show that the returns to genetic endowments are smaller for …

Educational attainment and personality are genetically intertwined

R Mõttus, A Realo, U Vainik, J Allik… - Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Heritable variance in psychological traits may reflect genetic and biological processes that
are not necessarily specific to these particular traits but pertain to a broader range of …

[引用][C] The Cambridge handbook of cognitive aging: A life course perspective

AK Thomas, A Gutchess - 2020 - Cambridge University Press

[HTML][HTML] Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory

BL Mitchell, G Cuéllar-Partida, KL Grasby, AI Campos… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well established that higher cognitive ability is associated with larger brain size.
However, individual variation in intelligence exists despite brain size and recent studies …