SYNCHRONIES IN MENTAL-DEVELOPMENT - EPIGENETIC PERSPECTIVE

被引：117

作者：

WILSON, RS

机构：

[1] Department of Pediatrics, Child Development Unit, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville

来源：

SCIENCE | 1978年 / 202卷 / 4371期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1126/science.568822

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Early mental development is analyzed from an evolutionary viewpoint and related to the dynamic interplay of genetic programming, maturational status, and environmental influence. Data are reported from a large sample of twins and siblings who have been tested longitudinally from 3 months to 6 years of age. Monozygotic twins became increasingly concordant with age and also paralleled each other for the spurts and lags in development. Dizygotic twins became less concordant with age and eventually matched their singleton siblings as closely as one another. The overall results suggested that the course of mental development is guided by the intrinsic scheduling of the genetic program acting in concert with maturational status and environmental influence.

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页码：939 / 948

页数：10

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