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Large, consistent estimates of the heritability of cognitive ability in two entire populations of 11-year-old twins from Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947

Benyamin et al., 2005

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Benyamin B
Wilson V
Whalley L
Visscher P
Deary I
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Behavior genetics

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Twin studies provide estimates of genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive ability differences, but could be based on biased samples. Here we report whole-population estimates using twins from unique mental surveys in Scotland. The Scottish Mental Surveys …
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