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Effects of birth weight on later intelligence

Sandra Scarr Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pages 249-256 | Published online: 23 Aug 2010

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LelandD. Van Den Daele. (1974) Natal Influences and Twin Differences. The Journal of Genetic Psychology 124:1, pages 41-60.
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Ashlesha Datar & Alison Jacknowitz. (2009) Birth Weight Effects on Children’s Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data. Maternal and Child Health Journal 13:6, pages 780-794.
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Debbie A. Lawlor, Heather Clark, George Davey Smith & David A. Leon. (2006) Intrauterine Growth and Intelligence Within Sibling Pairs: Findings From the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Cohort. Pediatrics 117:5, pages e894-e902.
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James L Dannemiller. (2004) Variations in birth weight within the normal range are related to visual orienting in infancy for boys but not for girls. Infant Behavior and Development 27:2, pages 204-215.
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Susan D. Shenkin, John M. Starr & Ian J. Deary. (2004) Birth Weight and Cognitive Ability in Childhood: A Systematic Review.. Psychological Bulletin 130:6, pages 989-1013.
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Richard Lynn. (1990) The role of nutrition in secular increases in intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences 11:3, pages 273-285.
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Julie Da Vanzo, Jean-Pierre Habicht & William P. Butz. (1984) Assessing socioeconomic correlates of birthweight in peninsular Malaysia: Ethnic differences and charges over time. Social Science & Medicine 18:5, pages 387-404.
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LEON J. KAMIN. (2007) Transfusion syndrome and the heritability of IQ. Annals of Human Genetics 42:2, pages 161-171.
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HARRY MUNSINGER. (2007) The identical‐twin transfusion syndrome: A source of error in estimating IQ resemblance and heritability. Annals of Human Genetics 40:3, pages 307-321.
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John H. Pencavel. (1976) A note on the IQ of monozygotic twins raised apart and the order of their birth. Behavior Genetics 6:4, pages 455-460.
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Jan A. Böök. (2014) Biology of Human Intelligence. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae 25:1, pages 191-194.
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Arthur R. Jensen. (2014) The Problem of Genotype-Environment Correlation in the Estimation of Heritability from Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae 25:1, pages 86-99.
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Harvey B. Taub, Daniel V. Caputo & Kenneth M. Goldstein. (2016) Toward a Modification of the Indices of Neonatal Prematurity. Perceptual and Motor Skills 40:1, pages 43-48.
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Daniel V. Caputo, Harvey B. Taub, Kenneth M. Goldstein, Nora Smith, John D. Dalack, Joel P. Pursner & Richard M. Silberstein. (2016) An Evaluation of Various Parameters of Maturity at Birth as Predictors of Development at One Year of Life. Perceptual and Motor Skills 39:1, pages 631-652.
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Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi & Maria Paluszny. (1974) Twinship in mythology and science: Ambivalence, differentiation, and the magical bond. Comprehensive Psychiatry 15:4, pages 345-353.
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