Article in Genes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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1 · What the graph read from it
What it found
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2 · The registry
The trial behind it
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5 · Who and what money
Authors and funding
15 authors.
Meruert B YerdenovaDepartment of General and Applied Psychology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Gaukhar K DatkhabayevaDepartment of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0003-0223-5826
Manzura K ZholdassovaBrain Institute, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Altyngul T KamzanovaDepartment of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Zukhra M SadvakassovaDepartment of General and Applied Psychology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Amal BouzidSharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-0130-6004
Poorna Manasa BhamidimarriSharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7418-0492
Rifat HamoudiSharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.
Ekaterina A SemenovaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-1248-2855
Andrey K LarinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-9429-792X
Nikolay A KuleminDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia.
Edward V GenerozovDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-6314-4883
Tim ReesDepartment of Rehabilitation and Sport Science, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth BH12 5BB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5498-0145
Almira M KustubayevaDepartment of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
Ildus I AhmetovDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-6335-4020
Funding
Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakh-stan BR27198099
6 · The paper itself
Abstract
backgroundForeign language proficiency is a complex trait that reflects an individual's ability to effectively understand and use a non-native language, shaped by both genetic and environmental factors. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between genetically determined memory capacity and self-reported foreign language proficiency in 129 children (63 males, 66 females, age 14.2 ± 3.9) and 128 adults (90 males, 38 females, age 29.8 ± 8.2).
methodsSeven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously linked with memory function were used in a polygenic analysis (
resultsWe found that genetically predicted memory capacity (i.e., number of memory-increasing alleles) was positively associated with self-reported foreign language proficiency in children (
conclusionsForeign language proficiency may partly depend on the presence of a high number of memory-increasing alleles in both children and adults.
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