David Figlio|Jeremy Freese|Krzysztof Karbownik|Jeffrey Roth
Socioeconomic status and genetic influences on cognitive development
Northwestern University|Stanford University|Northwestern University|University of Florida
accurate understanding environmental moderation genetic influences vital advancing science cognitive development well designing interventions one widely reported idea increasing genetic influence cognition children raised higher socioeconomic status ses families including recent proposals pattern particularly us phenomenon used matched birth school records florida siblings twins born 19942002 provide largest populationdiverse consideration hypothesis date found evidence ses moderation genetic influence test scores suggesting articulating geneenvironment interactions cognition complex elusive previously supposed