Attained SES as a moderator of adult cognitive performance: Testing gene-environment interaction in various cognitive domains.

ABSTRACT: We examined whether attained socioeconomic status (SES) moderated genetic and environmental sources of individual differences in cognitive performance using pooled data from 9 adult twin studies. Prior work concerning SES moderation of cognitive performance has focused on rearing SES. The current adult sample of 12,196 individuals (aged 27-98 years) allowed for the examination of common sources of individual differences between attained SES and cognitive performance (signaling potential gene-environment correlation mechanisms, rGE), as well as sources of individual differences unique to cognitive performance (signaling potential gene-environment interaction mechanisms, G × E). Attained SES moderated sources of individual differences in 4 cognitive domains, assessed via performance on 5 cog

SUBMITTER: Zavala C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6263814 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature