Steven G. Vandenberg (19151992) was a pioneer in the study of twins.
Keywords: twin studies; family studies; individual differences; multivariate analyses; cognitive abilities
Alan B Zonderman, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Published online: July 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005239
Steven G. Vandenberg (19151992) was a pioneer in the study of twins.
Keywords: twin studies; family studies; individual differences; multivariate analyses; cognitive abilities
| Further Reading | |
| De Fries JC, Ashton GC, Johnson RC, et al. (1976) Parentoffspring resemblance for specific cognitive abilities in two ethnic groups. Nature 261: 131133. | |
| De Fries J, Plomin R, Vandenberg S and Kuse A (1981) Parentoffspring resemblance for cognitive abilities in the Colorado Adoption Project: biological, adoptive, and control parents and 1-year-old children. Intelligence 5(3): 245277. | |
| De Fries J, Vandenberg SG, McClearn GE, et al. (1974) Near identity of cognitive structure in two ethnic groups. Science 183: 338339. | |
| Johnson RC, De Fries J, Wilson JR, et al. (1976) Assortative marriage for specific cognitive abilities in two ethnic groups. Human Biology 48: 343352. | |
| Spuhler KP and Vandenberg SG (1980) Comparison of parentoffspring resemblance for specific cognitive abilities. Behavior Genetics 10(4): 413418. | |
| Vandenberg SG (1962) The Hereditary Abilities Study: hereditary components in a psychological test battery. American Journal of Human Genetics 14(2): 220237. | |
| book Vandenberg SG (ed.) (1965) Methods and Goals in Human Behavior Genetics. New York: Academic Press. | |
| book Vandenberg SG (ed.) (1968) Progress in Human Behavior Genetics: Recent Reports on Genetic Syndromes, Twin Studies, and Statistical Advances. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. | |
| Zonderman AB, Vandenberg SG, Spuhler KP and Fain PR (1977) Assortative marriage for cognitive abilities. Behavior Genetics 7(3): 261271. | |