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The association between brain volume and intelligence is of genetic origin

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  1. Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, 1081, BT, The Netherlands

    Daniëlle Posthuma, Eco J. C. De Geus & Dorret I. Boomsma

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands

    Wim F. C. Baaré, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol & René S. Kahn

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Posthuma, D., De Geus, E., Baaré, W. et al. The association between brain volume and intelligence is of genetic origin. Nat Neurosci 5, 83–84 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0202-83

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