The genetic and environmental origins of learning abilities and disabilities in the early school years /Yulia Kovas, Claire M. A. Haworth, Philip S. Dale, and Robert Plomin ; with commentary by Richard A. Weinberg, Jennifer M. Thomson, and Kurt W. Fischer.

Kovas, Yulia,

The genetic and environmental origins of learning abilities and disabilities in the early school years /Yulia Kovas, Claire M. A. Haworth, Philip S. Dale, and Robert Plomin ; with commentary by Richard A. Weinberg, Jennifer M. Thomson, and Kurt W. Fischer. - Boston, Massachusetts : Blackwell, (c)2007. - vii, 160 pages : illistrations ; 23 cm. - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, serial no. 288, vol. 72, no. 3, 2007 .

Includes bibliographical references.

Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods -- III. Nature and nurture -- IV. The abnormal is normal -- V. Genetic stability, environmental change -- Virgin Islands Generalist genes, specialist environments -- Virgin IslandsI. Conclusions and implications -- Appendices -- References -- Acknowledgments.



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Nature and nurture.
Cognition in children--Longitudinal studies.
Learning disabilities--Effect of environment on--Longitudinal studies.
Learning disabilities--Genetic aspects--Longitudinal studies.
Learning ability--Effect of environment on--Longitudinal studies.
Learning ability--Genetic aspects--Longitudinal studies.

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