ISSN:
1573-3297
Keywords:
cognitive ability
;
spatial ability
;
heritability
;
sex linkage
;
assortative mating
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Psychology
Notes:
Abstract Regressions of offspring on midparent value for tests of specific cognitive abilities in Korea were considerably higher than those for Americans of Japanese ancestry or Americans of European ancestry tested in Hawaii. This greater parent-offspring resemblance in Korea may be due to the particular method of test administration or to an increased genetic variance resulting from assortative mating. The pattern of parent-child correlations for three relatively pure tests of spatial ability and for the spatial factor did not conform to that of a sex-linked recessive character.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01067703
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