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Download full textRichmond, Bert O. – 1966
The purpose of this study is to clarify further the relationships among creative, cognitive, and affective production of students. Thirteen pairs of twins, eight monozygotic (MZ), five dyzygotic (DZ), were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, MMPI, and Revised Beta Examination. The F ratio for testing significance of within-set…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Genetics
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1991
This pamphlet uses a question-and-answer format to provide information about Waardenburg syndrome, an inherited disorder often characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation. The pamphlet covers: causes of Waardenburg syndrome. characteristics, types, research being done, ways to help in research…
Descriptors: Etiology, Genetics, Government Role, Hearing Impairments
Brewer, Steve – Bioscene, 1996
Describes a research program that provides insight into the nature of phylogenetic problems and problem-solving methods and how these might be applied to teaching evolution. Contains a new description of the nature of phylogenetic problems and factors contributing to their difficulty. (AIM)
Descriptors: Evolution, Genetics, Heredity, Higher Education
VANDENBERG, STEVEN G. – 1966
RESEARCH ON HEREDITARY FACTORS IN NORMAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, AS MEASURED BY INVENTORIES, HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTORS--(1) DATA DRAWN FROM ADOLESCENT, NOT ADULT, TWINS, (2) OMISSION OF MENTALLY ILL TWINS, (3) SMALL SIZE OF SAMPLES, (4) VARIABILITY STUDIED ONLY WITHIN FAMILY, (5) SMALL, ISOLATED, UNCOORDINATED STUDIES, AND (6) PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Individual Characteristics, Personality
Peer reviewedFlowers, D. Lynn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This article summarizes work in progress at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina) on the structure and physiological profiles of reading disability and relates the findings to core left-hemisphere language functions. Data add evidence of the structural anomalies associated with dyslexia and evidence of its heritability, especially of…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Genetics, Heredity
Wolstenholme, G. E. W., Ed.; Porter, Ruth, Ed. – 1967
Resulting from a 1-day conference on mongolism, the book contains research studies and discussion summaries. Papers include "Parental Age, Live-Birth Order, and Pregnancy-Free Interval in Down's Syndrome in Japan" by E. Matsunaga, "Consanguineous Marriages and Mongolism" by H. Foressman and H. O. Akesson, "Correlation of Dermal Patterns on…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Conference Reports, Down Syndrome, Exceptional Child Research
Falkner, Frank, Ed.; Reaser, Georgia Perkins, Ed. – 1970
This progress report is based on seven years of basic research in maternal health, child health and human development. Topics include: The Beginning of Life: Prenatal Development; Early Prevention, Detection, and Therapy of Congenital, Structural and Metabolic Defects; Problems of Birth and Postnatal Adaptation; Child Development: Normal and…
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Congenital Impairments, Family Planning
