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Predicting educational achievement from DNA by Selzam, S, Krapohl, E, von Stumm, S, O'Reilly, P F, Rimfeld, K, Kovas, Y, Dale, P S, Lee, J J, Plomin, R

“…A genome-wide polygenic score (GPS), derived from a 2013 genome-wide association study ( N =127,000), explained 2% of the variance in total years of education…”
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The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood by Haworth, C M A, Wright, M J, Luciano, M, Martin, N G, de Geus, E J C, van Beijsterveldt, C E M, Bartels, M, Posthuma, D, Boomsma, D I, Davis, O S P, Kovas, Y, Corley, R P, DeFries, J C, Hewitt, J K, Olson, R K, Rhea, S-A, Wadsworth, S J, Iacono, W G, McGue, M, Thompson, L A, Hart, S A, Petrill, S A, Lubinski, D, Plomin, R

“…Although common sense suggests that environmental influences increasingly account for individual differences in behavior as experiences accumulate during the…”
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Predicting educational achievement from DNA by Selzam, S, Krapohl, E, von Stumm, S, O'Reilly, P F, Rimfeld, K, Kovas, Y, Dale, P S, Lee, J J, Plomin, R

“…This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.107…”
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A genome‐wide association study identifies multiple loci associated with mathematics ability and disability by Docherty, S. J., Davis, O. S. P., Kovas, Y., Meaburn, E. L., Dale, P. S., Petrill, S. A., Schalkwyk, L. C., Plomin, R.

“…Numeracy is as important as literacy and exhibits a similar frequency of disability. Although its etiology is relatively poorly understood, quantitative…”
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Why do we differ in number sense? Evidence from a genetically sensitive investigation by Tosto, M.G., Petrill, S.A., Halberda, J., Trzaskowski, M., Tikhomirova, T.N., Bogdanova, O.Y., Ly, R., Wilmer, J.B., Naiman, D.Q., Germine, L., Plomin, R., Kovas, Y.

“…Basic intellectual abilities of quantity and numerosity estimation have been detected across animal species. Such abilities are referred to as ‘number sense’…”
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The role of inflammatory system genes in individual differences in nonverbal intelligence by Enikeeva, R F, Kazantseva, A V, Davydova, Yu D, Mustafin, R N, Takhirova, Z R, Malykh, S B, Kovas, Y V, Khusnutdinova, E K

“…Nonverbal intelligence represents one of the components of brain cognitive functions, which uses visual images and nonverbal approaches for solving required…”
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Overlap and specificity of genetic and environmental influences on mathematics and reading disability in 10-year-old twins by Kovas, Y., Haworth, C.M.A., Harlaar, N., Petrill, S.A., Dale, P.S., Plomin, R.

“…Background:  To what extent do genetic and environmental influences on reading disability overlap with those on mathematics disability? Multivariate genetic…”
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‘Generalist genes’ and mathematics in 7-year-old twins by Kovas, Y., Harlaar, N., Petrill, S.A., Plomin, R.

“…Mathematics performance at 7 years as assessed by teachers using UK national curriculum criteria has been found to be highly heritable. For almost 3000 pairs…”
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The Origins of Diverse Domains of Mathematics: Generalist Genes but Specialist Environments by Kovas, Y, Petrill, S. A, Plomin, R

“…The authors assessed 2,502 ten-year-old children, members of 1,251 pairs of twins, on a Web-based battery of problems from 5 diverse aspects of mathematics…”
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Generalist genes and the Internet generation: etiology of learning abilities by web testing at age 10 by Davis, O. S. P., Kovas, Y., Harlaar, N., Busfield, P., McMillan, A., Frances, J., Petrill, S. A., Dale, P. S., Plomin, R.

“…A key translational issue for neuroscience is to understand how genes affect individual differences in brain function. Although it is reasonable to suppose…”
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Generalist Genes and Learning Disabilities by Plomin, Robert, Kovas, Yulia

“…The authors reviewed recent quantitative genetic research on learning disabilities that led to the conclusion that genetic diagnoses differ from traditional…”
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Quantitative ultrasound of bone and calcium intake in suburban males in Sri Lanka by SIRIBADDANA, S.H., KOVAS, Y., FERNANDO, D.J.S.

“…Background:   While only 30% of all hip fractures occurred in Asia in 1990, more than 50% will occur by the year 2050. We investigated the relationship between…”
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Explaining individual differences in mathematical ability: Genes, cultures, personality, and cognition by Kovas, Y., Bogdanova, O.

“…Despite a growing body of educational, psychological, and genetic research into individual differences in mathematical ability, motivation, and achievement,…”
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Applicability of the Online Short Spatial Ability Battery to university students testing by Bartseva, K. V., Likhanov, M. V., Soldatova, E. L., Tsigeman, E. S., Alenina, E. A., Kovas, Y.

“…Introduction. Multiple studies advocate an importance of spatial abilities (SA) for educational and occupational success, especially in STEM. Recently an…”
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The Genetic and Environmental Origins of Learning Abilities and Disabilities in the Early School Years by Kovas, Yulia, Haworth, Claire M. A, Dale, Philip S, Plomin, Robert

“…Despite the importance of learning abilities and disabilities in education and child development, little is known about their genetic and environmental origins…”
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Erratum: Predicting educational achievement from DNA by Selzam, S, Krapohl, E, von Stumm, S, O'Reilly, P F, Rimfeld, K, Kovas, Y, Dale, P S, Lee, J J, Plomin, R

“…Correction to: Molecular Psychiatry (2017) 22: 267–272; doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.107 Following publication, the authors noticed that some information in the…”
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Preschool Drawing and School Mathematics: The Nature of the Association by Malanchini, Margherita, Tosto, Maria G., Garfield, Victoria, Dirik, Aysegul, Czerwik, Adrian, Arden, Rosalind, Malykh, Sergey, Kovas, Yulia

“…The study examined the etiology of individual differences in early drawing and of its longitudinal association with school mathematics. Participants (N =…”
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Are the mechanisms underlying mathematical learning in mathematically-gifted students fundamentally different? by Kovas, Y., Ovcharova, O., Tikhomirova, T., Kolienko, T., Tosto, M., Malykh, S.

“…It is currently unknown whether the mechanisms underlying mathematical learning in mathematically talented children are fundamentally different from those in…”
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Mathematical Anxiety and mathematical learning: Multidimensional approach by Bogdanova, O., Ginku, E., Bogdanova, E., Zueva, D., Malanchini, M., Kovas, Y.

“…Research suggests that mathematical anxiety is a complex phenomenon related to mathematical achievement, developmental dyscalculia, strategies of numerical…”
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Genetic Influences in Different Aspects of Language Development: The Etiology of Language Skills in 4.5-Year-Old Twins by Kovas, Yulia, Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E., Oliver, Bonamy, Dale, Philip S., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., Plomin, Robert

“…The genetic and environmental etiologies of diverse aspects of language ability and disability, including articulation, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and…”
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