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Exploring the Genetic and Environmental Etiology of High General Cognitive Ability in Fourteen- to Thirty-Six-Month-Old Twins.

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Petrill, Stephen A.; And Others – Child Development, 1998

Examined the origins of high general cognitive ability (g) in twins who were participating in the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study. Formed high g groups from the 19th percentile and above at each age. Results suggested increasing genetic influence and increasing genetic stability from 14 to 36 months and substantial genetic influences with…

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Etiology, Intellectual Development

Preventing Intellectual and Interactional Sequelae of Fetal Malnutrition: A Longitudinal Transactional, and Synergistic Approach to Development.

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Zeskind, Philip Sanford; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1981

Presents longitudinal data regarding detrimental effects through 36 months of age on intellectual, behavioral, and social-interactional development in a nonsupportive caregiving environment, and the continuing amelioration of those effects in a supportive caregiving environment. Suggests that mothers of fetally malnourished infants may have had…

Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Differences