Behavior Genetics of Cognition Across the Lifespan

Part I. Childhood

1. Cognitive Abilities in Childhood and Adolescence
Sally J. Wadsworth, Robin P. Corley, John C. DeFries

2. Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Components of Variation in Cognitive Ability
Eric Turkheimer, Erin E. Horn

3. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intellectual Disability in Childhood
Michèle Carlier, Pierre L. Roubertoux

Part II. Adulthood

4. Cognition in Middle Adulthood
William S. Kremen, Caitlin S. Moore, Carol E. Franz, Matthew S. Panizzon, Michael J. Lyons

5. Normative Cognitive Aging
Wendy Johnson, Matt McGue, Ian J. Deary

6. Gene by Environment Interplay in Cognitive Aging
Chandra A. Reynolds, Deborah Finkel, Catalina Zavala

7. Dementia: Genes, Environments, Interactions
Margaret Gatz, Jung Yun Jang, Ida K. Karlsson, Nancy L. Pedersen

Part III. Biology and Neurobiology

8. Brain Imaging and Cognition
Iván Chavarría-Siles, Guillén Fernández, Danielle Posthuma

9. Animal Models of General Cognitive Ability for Genetic Research into Cognitive Functioning
Michael J. Galsworthy, Rosalind Arden, Christopher F. Chabris

Part IV. Conclusion

10. Future Directions
Deborah Finkel, Chandra A. Reynolds

Keywords: Psychology, Psychology Research, Human Genetics, Psychiatry, Behavioural Sciences, Cognitive Psychology, Neurosciences