ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2020
Cognitive ability and education: How behavioural genetic research has advanced our knowledge and understanding of their association.
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- Multivariate genome-wide analysis reveals shared genetic architecture and brain structural correlates of human cognitive abilities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- MicroRNAs modulate CaMKIIα/SIRT1 signaling pathway as a biomarker of cognitive ability in adolescents.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- Gene-environment correlation: the role of family environment in academic development.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- From genetic disposition to academic achievement: The mediating role of non-cognitive skills across development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Multi-polygenic score prediction of mathematics, reading, and language abilities independent of general cognitive ability.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Mind Under Pressure: What Roles Does Education Play in the Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Cognitive Ability?Journal of Intelligence · 2025Article
- The Moderating Influence of School Achievement on Intelligence: A Cross-National Comparison.Behavior genetics · 2025Article
- A person-centered approach to cognitive performance analysis in primary school children: Comparisons through self-organizing maps.PloS one · 2025Article
- Genetic associations between non-cognitive skills and academic achievement over development.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
- Investigation of genetic determinants of cognitive change in later life.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Infrastructuring Educational Genomics: Associations, Architectures, and Apparatuses.Postdigital science and education · 2024Article
- Genetic contributions of noncognitive skills to academic development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Self-control and grit are associated with school performance mainly because of shared genetic effects.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- Genetic contributions of noncognitive skills to academic development.Research square · 2023Article
- Cognitive ability and voting behaviour in the 2016 UK referendum on European Union membership.PloS one · 2023Article
- Understanding the functional form of the relationship between childhood cognitive ability and adult financial well-being.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cognitive ability and educational success predict positive outcomes across the lifespan, from higher earnings to better health and longevity. The shared positive outcomes associated with cognitive ability and education are emblematic of the strong interconnections between them. Part of the observed associations between cognitive ability and education, as well as their links with wealth, morbidity and mortality, are rooted in genetic variation. The current review evaluates the contribution of decades of behavioural genetic research to our knowledge and understanding of the biological and environmental basis of the association between cognitive ability and education. The evidence reviewed points to a strong genetic basis in their association, observed from middle childhood to old age, which is amplified by environmental experiences. In addition, the strong stability and heritability of educational success are not driven entirely by cognitive ability. This highlights the contribution of other educationally relevant noncognitive characteristics. Considering both cognitive and noncognitive skills as well as their biological and environmental underpinnings will be fundamental in moving towards a comprehensive, evidence-based model of education.
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