Genetic influences on measures of selective attention and speed: a twin study.
Measures of selective attention and speed which have been employed in the study of disturbances of cognitive functioning in schizophrenia were used in a study of 20 MZ and 20 DZ normal twin pairs. Results suggest the presence of a genetic contribution to scores on such tasks, particularly for the speed measures.
D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014427:Twins; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic