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ArticleJournal of personality and social psychology2019

Polygenic score for educational attainment captures DNA variants shared between personality traits and educational achievement.

Emily Smith-Woolley, Saskia Selzam, Robert Plomin

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Article in Journal of personality and social psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Emily Smith-WoolleyMRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre.
Saskia SelzamMRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre.
Robert PlominMRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre.ORCID 0000-0002-0756-3629

Funding

Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development & cognitive aging (CATSLife2)R01AG046938 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI REYNOLDS, CHANDRA A, WADSWORTH, SALLY J · 2015 to 2024
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European Research CouncilGSTT CharityMaudsley CharityMedical Research Council G19/2Medical Research Council MR/M021475/1Medical Research Council/IoPPNNIA NIH HHS R01 AG046938NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) can be used to predict individual genetic risk and resilience. For example, a GPS for years of education (

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Academic SuccessAchievementAdolescentDNAExtraversion, PsychologicalFemaleHumansMaleMultifactorial InheritanceNeuroticismPersonalityPersonality InventoryUnited KingdomDNA

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PMID30920283
PMCPMC6902055

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