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SUBMITTER: Donati G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771723 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Donati Georgina G Dumontheil Iroise I Meaburn Emma L EL
Mind, brain and education : the official journal of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society 20190630 3
Individual differences in executive functions (EF) are heritable and predictive of academic attainment (AA). However, little is known about genetic contributions to EFs or their genetic relationship with AA and intelligence. We conducted genome-wide association analyses for processing speed (PS) and the latent EF measures of working memory (WM) and inhibitory control (IC) in 4,611 adolescents from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. While no loci reached genome-wide significance ...[more]