Twins Early Development Study
TheTwins Early Development Study(TEDS) is an ongoing longitudinaltwin studybased atKing's College London.The main goal of TEDS is to usebehavioural geneticmethods to find out how nature (genes) and nurture (environments) can explain why people differ with respect to their cognitive abilities, learning abilities and behaviours. The study was founded byRobert Plominin 1994, and it includes participants from over 15,000 families.[1]The original participants were identified from birth records among the set of twins born inthe United Kingdomfrom 1994 to 1996. They were first assessed at the age of two and regularly re-assessed thereafter.[2]
In 2021,Thalia Eleytook over the study with Plomin stepping down as director. The goals of the next phase of the TEDS study will focus on the Children of the TEDS Group (CoTEDS) and will explore Eley's own research area onmental health.
References[edit]
- ^"About TEDS".TEDS.Retrieved6 March2019.
- ^Oliver, Bonamy R.; Plomin, Robert (February 2007)."Twins' Early Development Study (TEDS): a multivariate, longitudinal genetic investigation of language, cognition and behavior problems from childhood through adolescence"(PDF).Twin Research and Human Genetics.10(1): 96–105.doi:10.1375/twin.10.1.96.ISSN1832-4274.PMID17539369.
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