The genetics of g in human and mouse.
The g factor refers to the substantial overlap that exists between individual differences in diverse cognitive processes in humans. In this article, I argue that a mouse model of g could provide a powerful analytic tool for exploring cognitive processes that are linked functionally by genes.
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Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 111 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK. rplomin@iop.kcl.ac.uk
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D013045:Species Specificity