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| Title |
Genes Influence Young Children’s Human Figure Drawings and Their Association With Intelligence a Decade Later
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| Published in |
Psychological Science, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797614540686 |
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| Authors |
Rosalind Arden, Maciej Trzaskowski, Victoria Garfield, Robert Plomin |
| Abstract |
Drawing is ancient; it is the only childhood cognitive behavior for which there is any direct evidence from the Upper Paleolithic. Do genes influence individual differences in this species-typical behavior, and is drawing related to intelligence (g) in modern children? We report on the first genetically informative study of children's figure drawing. In a study of 7,752 pairs of twins, we found that genetic differences exert a greater influence on children's figure drawing at age 4 than do between-family environmental differences. Figure drawing was as heritable as g at age 4 (heritability of .29 for both). Drawing scores at age 4 correlated significantly with g at age 4 (r = .33, p < .001, n = 14,050) and with g at age 14 (r = .20, p < .001, n = 4,622). The genetic correlation between drawing at age 4 and g at age 14 was .52, 95% confidence interval = [.31, .75]. Individual differences in this widespread behavior have an important genetic component and a significant genetic link with g. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 233 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 31 | 13% |
| Turkey | 9 | 4% |
| Canada | 8 | 3% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| Spain | 4 | 2% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1% |
| Japan | 3 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 25 | 11% |
| Unknown | 110 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 201 | 86% |
| Scientists | 18 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 24 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 27% |
| Unknown | 12 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 68 | 55% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 346. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2024.
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#95,967
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Outputs from Psychological Science
#240
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#743
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#8
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