A DEVELOPMENTAL-GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE BAYLEY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX FROM 14 TO 24 MONTHS: |
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| Authors: | S.S. Cherny D.W. Fulker R.N. Emde J. Robinson R.P. Corley J.S. Reznick R. Plomin J.C. DeFries |
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| Affiliation: | Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado;Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center;Department of Psychology, Yale University;Center for Developmental and Health Genetics The Pennsylvania State University |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— A developmental-genetic model was fitted to Bayley Mental Development Index (MDI) data to address questions concerning the origins of individual differences in MDI performance and the origins of change and continuity during infancy More than 350 pairs of identical and same-sex fraternal twins were studied longitudinally at 14, 20, and 24 months of age There was substantial genetic continuity of general cognitive ability from 14 to 24 months but significant new genetic variation also appeared at 24 months Shared family environmental influences were global across all three ages and not time-specific Finally, nonshared environmental influences did not contribute to the observed continuity of general cognitive ability, only to change. |
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