| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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Advances in behavior genetics |
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Advances in behavior genetics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2013). |
| Contents |
Part I. Childhood. Cognitive Abilities in Childhood and Adolescence / Sally J. Wadsworth, Robin P. Corley and John C. DeFries -- Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Components of Variation in Cognitive Ability / Eric Turkheimer and Erin E. Horn -- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intellectual Disability in Childhood / Michèle Carlier and Pierre L. Roubertoux -- Part II. Adulthood. Cognition in Middle Adulthood / William S. Kremen and Caitlin S. Moore, Carol E. Franz, Matthew S. Panizzon and Michael J. Lyons -- Normative Cognitive Aging / Wendy Johnson, Matt McGue and Ian J. Deary -- Gene by Environment Interplay in Cognitive Aging / Chandra A. Reynolds, Deborah Finkel and Catalina Zavala -- Dementia: Genes, Environments, Interactions / Margaret Gatz, Jung Yun Jang, Ida K. Karlsson and Nancy L. Pedersen -- Part III. Biology and Neurobiology. Brain Imaging and Cognition / Iván Chavarría-Siles, Guillén Fernández and Danielle Posthuma -- Animal Models of General Cognitive Ability for Genetic Research into Cognitive Functioning / Michael J. Galsworthy, Rosalind Arden and Christopher F. Chabris -- Part IV. Conclusion. Future Directions / Deborah Finkel and Chandra A. Reynolds. |
| Summary |
Behavior Genetics of Cognition across the Lifespan Deborah Finkel and Chandra A. Reynolds, editors Series: Advances in Behavioral Genetics Series Editor: Yong-Kyu Kim One of the primary advances for the 21st century is progress beyond the need to defend the findings of behavioral genetic investigations of intelligence. With the advent of developmental behavioral genetics-and molecular genetics-researchers have taken their discoveries far beyond simple nature/nurture constructs to a finer understanding of how genes and environment intersect to affect cognitive function. Behavior Genetics of Cognition across the Lifespan presents the state of the field in well-documented detail as noted experts examine gene-environment interactions in cognitive function from childhood into old age. Fluidity is at the heart of this coverage: normative and non-normative brain development get equal attention, and statistical, molecular, biological, brain imaging, and neurobiological approaches contribute separately and in combination to the findings. All major life stages are examined as periods of gene-based cognitive change, including midlife, which until recently has been considered a period for marking time until "real" age-related change occurs. And the book is written so that individual chapters can be as useful on their own as the volume is as a whole. Among the topics covered in depth: Cognitive abilities in childhood and adolescence Genetic and environmental influences on intellectual disabilities in childhood Cognition in middle adulthood Gene by environment interplay in cognitive aging Dementia: genes, environments, interactions Brain imaging and cognition By synthesizing where the field is today--and identifying issues that need further attention--Behavior Genetics of Cognition across the Lifespan is a bedrock text for behavioral geneticists, cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Behavior genetics.
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Cognition -- Genetic aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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| Indexed Term |
Human genetics. |
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Neurosciences. |
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Psychiatry. |
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Animal behavior. |
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Consciousness. |
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Psychology Research. |
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Behavioural Sciences. |
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Cognitive Psychology. |
| Added Author |
Finkel, Deborah.
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Reynolds, Chandra A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Finkel, Deborah. Behavior Genetics of Cognition Across the Lifespan. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2013 9781461474463 |
| ISBN |
9781461474470 (electronic bk.) |
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1461474477 (electronic bk.) |
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