title: Top 10 Replicated Findings From Behavioral Genetics.
abstract: In the context of current concerns about replication in psychological science, we describe 10 findings from behavioral genetic research that have replicated robustly. These are "big" findings, both in terms of effect size and potential impact on psychological science, such as linearly increasing heritability of intelligence from infancy (20%) through adulthood (60%). Four of our top 10 findings involve the environment, discoveries that could have been found only with genetically sensitive research designs. We also consider reasons specific to behavioral genetics that might explain why these findings replicate.
authors.affiliation: Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London robert.plomin@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plomin
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: DeFries
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and Departments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University.
authors.forename: Valerie S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Knopik
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: Jenae M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Neiderhiser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D006801:Humans; D040582:Inheritance Patterns; D008606:Mental Processes
keywords: DNA; cognitive abilities; heritability; personality; psychopathology
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