The heritability of aptitude and exceptional talent across different domains in adolescents and young adults
The origin of individual differences in aptitude, defined as a domain-specific skill within the normal ability range, and talent, defined as a domain specific skill of exceptional quality, is under debate. The nature of the variation in aptitudes and exceptional talents across different domains was investigated in a population based twin sample. Self-report data from 1,685 twin pairs (12-24 years) were analyzed for Music, Arts, Writing, Language, Chess, Mathematics, Sports, Memory, and Knowledge. The influence of shared environment was small for both aptitude and talent. Additive and non-addit... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Vinkhuyzen , A A E , van der Sluis , S , Posthuma , D & Boomsma , D I 2009 , ' The heritability of aptitude and exceptional talent across different domains in adolescents and young adults ' , Behavior Genetics , vol. 39 , no. 4 , pp. 380-392 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-009-9260-5 |
Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28800124 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/1568b289-1fe4-45a0-8667-f9970826d92a |