Genetically informed, multilevel analysis of the Flynn effect across four decades and three WISC versions

EJ Giangrande, CR Beam, D Finkel… - Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the systematic rise in cognitive ability scores over generations,
known as the Flynn Effect, across middle childhood and early adolescence (7–15 years; 291 …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of mental abilities and physical growth from 6 months to 65 years: Findings from the Zurich Longitudinal Studies

DA Eichelberger, F Sticca, DR Kübler, TH Kakebeeke… - Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Mental abilities and physical growth are important determinants of health across the
lifespan. Here, the stability of these traits was assessed from 6 months to 65 years of age to …

Genetic and environmental correlates of the nonlinear recovery of cognitive ability in Twins.

SR Womack, CR Beam, DW Davis… - Developmental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Twins regularly score nearly a standard deviation below the population mean on
standardized measures of cognitive development in infancy but recover to the population …

Epigenome-wide association study of loneliness in a sample of US middle-aged twins

CR Beam, KM Bakulski, E Zandi, E Turkheimer… - Epigenetics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Loneliness is a complex human trait that is highly polygenic and found to affect gene
expression related to inflammatory and immunological functioning. To date, no epigenome …

Co‐recovery of physical size and cognitive ability from infancy to adolescence: A twin study

SR Womack, CR Beam, EJ Giangrande… - Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study tested phenotypic and biometric associations between physical and cognitive
catch‐up growth in a community sample of twins (n= 1285, 51.8% female, 89.3% White) …

Nonlinear catch-up growth in height, weight, and head circumference from birth to adolescence: A longitudinal twin study

SR Womack, CR Beam, EJ Giangrande, RJ Scharf… - Behavior Genetics, 2023 - Springer
Owing to high rates of prenatal complications, twins are, on average, substantially smaller
than population norms on physical measurements including height, weight, and head …

Medición de la edad biológica con biomarcadores: una revisión de alcance

DA Espíndola-Fernández, AM Posada-Cano… - Medicina, 2024 - revistamedicina.net
Introducción: Los estudios relacionados con los mecanismos del envejecimiento han
permitido la identificación y cuantificación de biomarcadores del envejecimiento biológico …

Socioeconomic status impacts genetic influences on the longitudinal dynamic relationship between temperament and general cognitive ability in childhood: The …

D Finkel, DW Davis, EJ Giangrande… - Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current analysis investigates genetic and environmental influences on the bidirectional
relationships between temperament and general cognitive ability (GCA). Measures of GCA …

Markers, Mechanisms and Metrics of Biological Aging: A Scoping Review

A Ziesel, J Reeves, A Mallidou, L Newton, R Rhodes… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Biological aging is a rapidly growing area of research, which entails characterizing the rate
of aging independent of an individual's chronological age. In this review, we analyze the …

Second Generation DNA Methylation Age Predicts Cognitive Change in Midlife: The Moderating Role of Childhood Socioeconomic Status

SA Bell, CR Beam, E Zandi, A Kam, E Andrews… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
DNA methylation age (DNAmAge) surpasses chronological age in its ability to predict age-
related morbidities and mortality. This study analyzed data from 287 middle-aged twins in …