Twins as a Tool of Behavioral Genetics

Abstract

Twins : nature's twice-told tale / T.J. Bouchard, Jr. and P. Propping -- Cognitive abilities : current theoretical issues / C.R. Brand -- What can twin studies tell us about the structure and correlates of cognitive abilities? / D.W. Fulker and L.R. Cardon -- How do social, biological, and genetic factors contribute to individual differences in cognitive abilities? / C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor -- Current status and future prospects in twin studies of the development of cognitive abilities : infancy to old age / D.I. Boomsma -- Group report : intelligence and its inheritance : a diversity of views / L.A. Baker [and others] -- What has behavioral genetics told us about the nature of personality? / J.C. Loehlin -- Strategic individual differences : the evolutionary psychology of selection, evocation, and manipulation / D.M. Buss -- Why are monozygotic twins so different in personality? / H. Schepank -- Genetic and environmental continuity and change in personality / N.L. Pedersen. Group report : what can twin studies contribute to the understanding of personality? / K. McCartney [and others] -- How informative are twin studies of child psychopathology? / M. Rutter, E. Simonoff, and J. Silberg -- Twin studies as an approach to differential manifestations of childhood behavioral disorders across age / D.L. Pauls -- Can we identify specific environmental influences on behavioral disorders in children? / D.C. Rowe and J.L. Rodgers -- Prenatal and perinatal influences on twin children : implications for behavioral studes / E.M. Bryan -- Group report : what can twin studies contribute to the understanding of childhood behavioral disorders? / A.M. Macdonald [and others] -- Twin studies as vital indicators of phenotypes in molecular genetic research / P. McGuffin [and others] -- Critical review of psychopathology in twins : structural and functional imaging of the brain / M.S. Buchsbaum. What can we learn about the determinants of psychopathology and substance abuse from studies of normal twins? / A.C. Heath -- Group report : what can twin studies contribute to the understanding of adult psychopathology? / J. Kaprio [and others].