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By making maps of the differences in cortical gray matter volume between twins, Thompson et al. describe which brain regions are strongly determined by genetic factors; they further investigate how these brain differences correlate with measures of cognitive performance.

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Figure 1: Levels of analysis from species to individual differences.

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  1. the Institute of Psychiatry, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Research Center, 111 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK

    Robert Plomin

  2. the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, 02138, Massachusetts, USA

    Stephen M. Kosslyn

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Plomin, R., Kosslyn, S. Genes, brain and cognition. Nat Neurosci 4, 1153–1154 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1201-1153

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