Cognitive abilities are important predictors of educational and occupational performance,
socioeconomic attainment, health, and longevity. Declines in cognitive abilities are linked to …

Social science genetics is concerned with understanding whether, how and why genetic
differences between human beings are linked to differences in behaviours and …

Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) predicts executive function (EF), but fundamental
aspects of this relation remain unknown: the developmental course of the SES disparity, its …

Parental time with children leads to posive child outcomes. Some studies have reported a
posive educational gradient: More educated parents devote more time to children than other …

Physical fitness (PF) is a construct of health‐and skill‐related attributes which have been
associated with academic performance (AP) in youth. This study aimed to review the …

Genes account for between approximately 50% and 70% of the variation in cognition at the
population level. However, population-level estimates of heritability potentially mask marked …

Importance Many studies have demonstrated an association between early-life adversity
(ELA) and executive functioning in children and adolescents. However, the aggregate …

Non-cognitive skills, such as motivation and self-regulation, are partly heritable and predict
academic achievement beyond cognitive skills. However, how the relationship between non …

Behavior genetics studies how genetic differences among people contribute to differences in
their psychology and behavior. Here, I describe how the conclusions and methods of …

The longitudinal rank-order stability of cognitive ability increases dramatically over the life
span. Theoretical perspectives differ in their emphasis on genetic mechanisms in explaining …