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Peer reviewedSegal, Nancy L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Virtual twins are unrelated siblings of the same age who are reared together from early infancy (UST-SA). Study uses a sample of 90 UST-SA pairs to comparatively assess the similarity of IQ subtest profile correlations for UST-SAs and twin pairs. Findings support explanatory models of intelligence that include genetic factors, demonstrating that…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Intellectual Development
Pines, Maya – Psychology Today, 1979
In an interview, J. McVicker Hunt discusses the role of children's interactions with their environments in raising intelligence, the general effects of Head Start, and the role of mothers in affecting their children's intelligence. (MH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
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Recent research has provided great insight into the impact of early experience on brain development. It is now believed that brain growth is highly dependent upon early experiences. Neurons allow communication and coordinated functioning among various brain areas. Brain development after birth consists of an ongoing process of wiring and rewiring…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs
