Genetics and Intelligence: What's New?.

Plomin, Robert; Petrill, Stephen A.

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ERIC Number: EJ554797

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Genetics and Intelligence: What's New?

Plomin, Robert; Petrill, Stephen A.

Intelligence, v24 n1 p53-77 Jan-Feb 1997

Genetic research on intelligence has moved beyond the nature-nurture controversy to investigate developmental change and continuity, associations among cognitive abilities, and the developmental interface between nature and nurture. Advances in molecular genetics are leading to a new era of research. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Genetics, Heredity, Individual Development, Intelligence, Molecular Biology, Nature Nurture Controversy, Psychological Studies, Social Attitudes

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue titled "Intelligence and Social Policy." Research partly supported by grants HD-27694 and HD-07454 from the National Institute of Child Health and Development.