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12385675
TITLE
Genetic sources of covariation among P3(00) and online performance variables in a delayed-response working memory task.
ABSTRACT
Genetic and environmental sources of covariation among the P3(00) and online performance elicited in a delayed-response working memory task, and psychometric IQ assessed by the multidimensional aptitude battery, were examined in an adolescent twin sample. An association between frontal P3 latency and task performance (phenotypic r=-0.33; genotypic r=-0.49) was indicated, with genes (i.e. twin status) accounting for a large part of the covariation (>70%). In contrast, genes influencing P3 amplitude mediated only a small part (2%) of the total genetic variation in task performance. While task performance mediated 15% of the total genetic variation in IQ (phenotypic r=0.22; genotypic r=0.39) there was no association between P3 latency and IQ or P3 amplitude with IQ. The findings provide some insight into the inter-relationships among psychophysiological, performance and psychometric measures of cognitive ability, and provide support for a levels-of-processing genetic model of cognition where genes act on specific sub-components of cognitive processes.
DATE PUBLISHED
2002 Oct
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2002/10/19 04:00
medline 2003/03/28 05:00
entrez 2002/10/19 04:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Wright MJ Wright Margaret J MJ Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia. margiew@qimr.edu.au
Luciano M Luciano Michelle M
Hansell NK Hansell Narelle K NK
Geffen GM Geffen Gina M GM
Geffen LB Geffen Laurie B LB
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 61
ISSUE: 1-2
TITLE: Biological psychology
ISOABBREVIATION: Biol Psychol
YEAR: 2002
MONTH: Oct
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0301-0511
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Biol Psychol
COUNTRY: Netherlands
ISSNLINKING: 0301-0511
NLMUNIQUEID: 0375566
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Aptitude Tests
Arousal physiology
Cerebral Cortex physiology
Event-Related Potentials, P300 genetics
Female genetics
Genotype genetics
Humans genetics
Individuality genetics
Intelligence genetics
Male genetics
Mental Recall physiology
Orientation physiology
Pattern Recognition, Visual physiology
Phenotype physiology
Psychomotor Performance physiology
Reaction Time genetics
Twins, Dizygotic genetics
Twins, Monozygotic genetics
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GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's