Common cognitive genetic variance is highly correlated with common reading genetic variance¶
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q3 i? The common cognitive genetic variance was highly correlated with the common reading genetic variance, suggesting shared genetic influences on general cognitive processing and reading. → Christopher 2016
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Christopher 2016¶
Christopher, M. E., Keenan, J. M., Hulslander, J., DeFries, J. C., Miyake, A., Wadsworth, S. J., Willcutt, E., Pennington, B., & Olson, R. K. (2016). The Genetic and Environmental Etiologies of the Relations between Cognitive Skills and Components of Reading Ability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(4), 451-466. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000146
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Hierarchical behavioral genetic models showed that "the common cognitive genetic variance was highly correlated with the common reading genetic variance".
"The common cognitive genetic variance was highly correlated with the common reading genetic variance, suggesting that genetic influences involved in general cognitive processing are also important for reading ability."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Cognitive and reading skills share large amounts of genetic variance within domains — related
- Genetic influences drive the phenotypic correlations between cognitive skills and reading components — related
- Skill-specific genetic variance in working memory and processing speed predicts reading components — related
- Full-scale IQ is genetically related but not redundant with common cognitive variance — related
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Common cognitive genetic variance is highly correlated with common reading genetic variance |
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Common cognitive genetic variance is highly correlated with common reading genetic variance |
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