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Gerald E. McClearn is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States.

There are no records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, main topics of work, or awards associated with this scientist in the available data.

Best Publications

  • The body-mass index of twins who have been reared apart.

    Albert J. Stunkard;Jennifer R. Harris;Nancy L. Pedersen;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Substantial genetic influence on cognitive abilities in twins 80 or more years old

    Gerald E. McClearn;Boo Johansson;Stig Berg;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • High, usual and impaired functioning in community-dwelling older men and women: Findings from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on successful aging

    Lisa F. Berkman;Teresa E. Seeman;Marilyn Albert;Dan Blazer

  • Genetic and environmental influences on serum lipid levels in twins.

    Debra A. Heller;Ulf de Faire;Nancy L. Pedersen;Nancy L. Pedersen;Gosta Dahlen

  • Nature, Nurture, and Psychology

    Robert Plomin;Gerald E. McClearn

  • A Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Cognitive Abilities During the Second Half of the Life Span

    Nancy L. Pedersen;Robert Plomin;J. R. Nesselroade;G. E. McClearn

  • Gender and Health A Study of Older Unlike-Sex Twins

    Carol H Gold;Bo Malmberg;Gerald E McClearn;Nancy L Pedersen

  • Optimism, pessimism and mental health: A twin/adoption analysis

    Robert Plomin;Michael F. Scheier;C. S. Bergeman;C. S. Bergeman;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • The Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging: an update.

    Nancy L Pedersen;Gerald McClearn;R Plomin;J Nesselroade

  • Genetic and environmental effects on openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness: an adoption/twin study

    C. S. Bergeman;Heather M. Chipuer;Robert Plomin;Nancy L. Pedersen;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • What matters for life satisfaction in the oldest-old?

    A I Berg;Linda Hassing;G. E McClearn;Boo Johansson

  • Telomere length predicts survival independent of genetic influences.

    Stephanie L. Bakaysa;Lorelei A. Mucci;Lorelei A. Mucci;P. Eline Slagboom;Dorret I. Boomsma

  • Comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension exacerbates cognitive decline: evidence from a longitudinal study

    Linda B. Hassing;Scott M. Hofer;Sven E. Nilsson;Stig Berg

  • Neuroticism, extraversion, and related traits in adult twins reared apart and reared together.

    Nancy L. Pedersen;Robert Plomin;Gerald E. McClearn;Lars Friberg

  • The Effect of Genetic Factors for Longevity: A Comparison of Identical and Fraternal Twins in the Swedish Twin Registry

    Birgit Ljungquist;Stig Berg;Jan Lanke;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Genetic influence on life events during the last half of the life span.

    Robert Plomin;Paul Lichtenstein;Nancy L. Pedersen;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Biomarkers of aging: From primitive organisms to humans

    Robert N. Butler;Richard Sprott;Huber Warner;Jeffrey Bland

  • Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for vascular dementia, but not for Alzheimer's disease: a population-based study of the oldest old.

    Linda B. Hassing;Boo Johansson;Sven E. Nilsson;Stig Berg

  • Social dominance and darwinian fitness in the laboratory mouse.

    J. C. DeFries;G. E. McClearn

  • Genetic influence on childhood family environment perceived retrospectively from the last half of the life span.

    Robert Plomin;G. E. McClearn;Nancy L. Pedersen;John R. Nesselroade

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
John R. Nesselroade
John R. Nesselroade University of Virginia
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria
Stephen A. Petrill
Stephen A. Petrill The Ohio State University
Lee A. Thompson
Lee A. Thompson Case Western Reserve University
Douglas K. Detterman
Douglas K. Detterman Case Western Reserve University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Ronald C. Johnson
Ronald C. Johnson University of Hawaii at Manoa
C. S. Bergeman
C. S. Bergeman University of Notre Dame

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