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- Influence
Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.
- N. Friedman, A. Miyake, S. Young, J. Defries, R. Corley, J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of experimental psychology. General
- 1 May 2008
Recent psychological and neuropsychological research suggests that executive functions--the cognitive control processes that regulate thought and action--are multifaceted and that different types of… Expand
Not All Executive Functions Are Related to Intelligence
- N. Friedman, A. Miyake, R. Corley, S. Young, J. Defries, J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 February 2006
Accumulating evidence suggests that executive functions (EFs) are related to intelligence, despite neuropsychological results initially considered evidence of no such relation. However, findings that… Expand
Combined linkage and association sib-pair analysis for quantitative traits.
An extension to current maximum-likelihood variance-components procedures for mapping quantitative-trait loci in sib pairs that allows a simultaneous test of allelic association is proposed. The… Expand
Genetics and developmental psychopathology: 2. The main effects of genes and environment on behavioral problems in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development.
- L. Eaves, J. Silberg, +11 authors J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and…
- 1 November 1997
Little is known about the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to risk for juvenile psychopathology. The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development allows these… Expand
Behavioral disinhibition: liability for externalizing spectrum disorders and its genetic and environmental relation to response inhibition across adolescence.
- S. Young, N. Friedman, +4 authors J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of abnormal psychology
- 1 February 2009
Behavioral disinhibition has been characterized as a generalized vulnerability to externalizing disorders. Despite increasing evidence for its validity and heritability, the structural stability of… Expand
Genetic and environmental influences on behavioral disinhibition.
- S. Young, M. Stallings, R. Corley, K. Krauter, J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- American journal of medical genetics
- 9 October 2000
Comorbidity among childhood disruptive behavioral disorders is commonly reported in both epidemiologic and clinical studies. These problems are also associated with early substance use and other… Expand
Genetic and environmental influences on substance initiation, use, and problem use in adolescents.
- S. Rhee, J. Hewitt, S. Young, R. Corley, T. Crowley, M. Stallings
- Psychology, Medicine
- Archives of general psychiatry
- 1 December 2003
BACKGROUND
We conducted a sibling/twin/adoption study of substance initiation, use, and problem use, estimating the relative contribution of genetic and environmental influences on these phenotypes… Expand
Substance use, abuse and dependence in adolescence: prevalence, symptom profiles and correlates.
- S. Young, R. Corley, M. Stallings, S. Rhee, T. Crowley, J. Hewitt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Drug and alcohol dependence
- 1 December 2002
We present data on the lifetime prevalence of substance use, abuse and dependence in adolescents obtained through structured psychiatric interviews and self-report questionnaires. Most notably, we… Expand
The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood
- C. M. A. Haworth, M. Wright, +21 authors R. Plomin
- Psychology, Medicine
- Molecular Psychiatry
- 1 November 2010
Although common sense suggests that environmental influences increasingly account for individual differences in behavior as experiences accumulate during the course of life, this hypothesis has not… Expand
Candidate Gene–Environment Interaction Research
- D. Dick, A. Agrawal, +6 authors K. Sher
- Psychology, Medicine
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal…
- 1 January 2015
Studying how genetic predispositions come together with environmental factors to contribute to complex behavioral outcomes has great potential for advancing the understanding of the development of… Expand