The development of academic achievement and cognitive abilities: A bidirectional perspective

P Peng, RA Kievit - Child Development Perspectives, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developing academic skills and cognitive abilities is critical for children's development. In
this article, we review evidence from recent research on the bidirectional relations between …

The new genetics of intelligence

R Plomin, S Von Stumm - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Intelligence—the ability to learn, reason and solve problems—is at the forefront of
behavioural genetic research. Intelligence is highly heritable and predicts important …

How much does education improve intelligence? A meta-analysis

SJ Ritchie, EM Tucker-Drob - Psychological science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Intelligence test scores and educational duration are positively correlated. This correlation
could be interpreted in two ways: Students with greater propensity for intelligence go on to …

A combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 187 loci and a role for neurogenesis and myelination in intelligence

WD Hill, RE Marioni, O Maghzian, SJ Ritchie… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Intelligence, or general cognitive function, is phenotypically and genetically correlated with
many traits, including a wide range of physical, and mental health variables. Education is …

Genetic variation, brain, and intelligence differences

IJ Deary, SR Cox, WD Hill - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Individual differences in human intelligence, as assessed using cognitive test scores, have a
well-replicated, hierarchical phenotypic covariance structure. They are substantially stable …

[HTML][HTML] Psychosocial factors and hospitalisations for COVID-19: Prospective cohort study based on a community sample

GD Batty, IJ Deary, M Luciano, DM Altschul… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background While certain infectious diseases have been linked to socioeconomic
disadvantage, mental health problems, and lower cognitive function, relationships with …

Natural history of cognitive impairment in critical illness survivors. A systematic review

K Honarmand, RS Lalli, F Priestap, JL Chen… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Long-term cognitive impairment is common among ICU survivors, but its natural history
remains unclear. In this systematic review, we report the frequency of cognitive impairment …

A general dimension of genetic sharing across diverse cognitive traits inferred from molecular data

J de la Fuente, G Davies, AD Grotzinger… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
It has been known since 1904 that, in humans, diverse cognitive traits are positively
intercorrelated. This forms the basis for the general factor of intelligence (g). Here, we …

Association of adverse experiences and exposure to violence in childhood and adolescence with inflammatory burden in young people

LJH Rasmussen, TE Moffitt, L Arseneault… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Childhood stress exposure is associated with inflammation as measured by C-
reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin 6 (IL-6). However, findings are inconsistent and effect …

An epigenetic predictor of death captures multi-modal measures of brain health

RF Hillary, AJ Stevenson, SR Cox, DL McCartney… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals of the same chronological age exhibit disparate rates of biological ageing.
Consequently, a number of methodologies have been proposed to determine biological age …