Sources of Covariation among Mini-Mental State Examination Scores, Education, and Cognitive Abilities
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Sources of covariation among Mini-Mental State Examination scores, education, and cognitive abilities.
An adoption/twin design was used to address issues concerning the relationship between education and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) performance. Data on general cognitive abilities, education, and MMSE from 110 identical twin pairs and 177 fraternal pairs aged 50 through 88 were analyzed using multivariate quantitative genetic methods. Genetic influences account for 32% and 19% of the var...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51b.2.p55