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16273318
TITLE
Genetic covariation between event-related potential (ERP) and behavioral non-ERP measures of working-memory, processing speed, and IQ.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to identify genetic covariants for fundamental measures of brain function (event-related potentials (ERPs): P300 latency and slow wave amplitude recorded in a working-memory task) and more complex cognitive measures (behavioral non-ERP measures: working-memory performance, information processing speed, IQ). Data were collected from 252 monozygotic and 297 dizygotic twin pairs aged 16. Multivariate modeling identified two independent genetic factors associated with processing speed that also influenced working-memory performance (one reflected the duration of neural activity required to evaluate target information, the other reflected more general cognitive and speed-related abilities). However, the allocation of neural resources, as assessed by ERP slow wave amplitude measures, was not associated with the other cognitive measures investigated. Thus, of the ERP measures examined, P300 latency, but not slow wave amplitude, may be an informative measure to include (i.e., with working-memory performance) in future multivariate linkage and association analyses of cognitive function.
DATE PUBLISHED
2005 Nov
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2004/09/20
accepted 2005/06/01
pubmed 2005/11/08 09:00
medline 2006/03/29 09:00
entrez 2005/11/08 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Hansell NK Hansell N K NK Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Post Office, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia. narelleH@qimr.edu.au
Wright MJ Wright M J MJ
Luciano M Luciano M M
Geffen GM Geffen G M GM
Geffen LB Geffen L B LB
Martin NG Martin N G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 35
ISSUE: 6
TITLE: Behavior genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Behav. Genet.
YEAR: 2005
MONTH: Nov
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0001-8244
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Behav Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0001-8244
NLMUNIQUEID: 0251711
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Cognition physiology
Evoked Potentials physiology
Genetic Variation physiology
Humans physiology
Memory physiology
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GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
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