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  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John C. DeFries is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their work is situated within academic research, contributing to scientific knowledge through publications associated with this institution.

In 1994, John C. DeFries was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This acknowledgment indicates a formal recognition of their engagement and standing within the scientific community.

There are no listed recent papers, co-authors, frequent publication venues, book publications, specific fields or subfields of study, or main topics of work associated with John C. DeFries in the provided data. Consequently, details about research focus, collaborations, and publication patterns cannot be elaborated on.

Best Publications

  • Genotype-environment interaction and correlation in the analysis of human behavior.

    Robert Plomin;J. C. DeFries;John C. Loehlin

  • Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin

    Naomi P. Friedman;Akira Miyake;Susan E. Young;John C. DeFries

  • Not All Executive Functions Are Related to Intelligence

    Naomi P. Friedman;Akira Miyake;Robin P. Corley;Susan E. Young

  • Behavioral genetics, a primer

    Robert Plomin;J. C. DeFries;G. E. McClearn

  • Multiple Regression Analysis of Twin Data

    J. C. DeFries;David W. Fulker

  • Quantitative trait locus for reading disability on chromosome 6.

    Lon R. Cardon;Shelley D. Smith;David W. Fulker;William J. Kimberling

  • The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood

    Claire M. A. Haworth;M. J. Wright;M. Luciano;N. G. Martin

  • Top 10 replicated findings from behavioral genetics.

    Robert Plomin;John C. DeFries;Valerie S. Knopik;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • Developmental dyslexia: genetic dissection of a complex cognitive trait

    Simon E. Fisher;John C. DeFries

  • Processing speed deficits in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and reading disability.

    Michelle A. Shanahan;Bruce F. Pennington;Benjamin E. Yerys;Ashley Scott

  • DCDC2 is associated with reading disability and modulates neuronal development in the brain

    Haiying Meng;Shelley D. Smith;Karl Hager;Matthew Held

  • Nature and nurture during infancy and early childhood

    Robert Plomin;John C. DeFries;David W. Fulker

  • A simple genetic basis for a complex psychological trait in laboratory mice

    Jonathan Flint;Robin Corley;John C. DeFries;David W. Fulker

  • Evidence for a genetic aetiology in reading disability of twins

    J. C. DeFries;David W. Fulker;Michele C. LaBuda

  • Comorbidity Between Reading Disability and Math Disability Concurrent Psychopathology, Functional Impairment, and Neuropsychological Functioning

    Erik G. Willcutt;Stephen A. Petrill;Sarah Wu;Richard Boada

  • Etiology and neuropsychology of comorbidity between RD and ADHD: the case for multiple-deficit models.

    Erik G. Willcutt;Rebecca S. Betjemann;Lauren M. McGrath;Nomita A. Chhabildas

  • Predicting Word Reading and Comprehension with Executive Function and Speed Measures Across Development: A Latent Variable Analysis

    Micaela E. Christopher;Akira Miyake;Janice M. Keenan;Bruce Pennington

  • A Twin Study of the Etiology of Comorbidity: Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Dyslexia

    Jeffrey W. Gilger;Bruce F. Pennington;John C. DeFRIES

  • Multiple regression analysis of twin data: etiology of deviant scores versus individual differences.

    J.C. DeFries;D.W. Fulker

  • A multiple deficit model of reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: searching for shared cognitive deficits

    Lauren M. McGrath;Bruce F. Pennington;Michelle A. Shanahan;Laura E. Santerre-Lemmon

  • Temperament, emotion, and cognition at fourteen months: the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study.

    Robert N. Emde;Robert Plomin;JoAnn Robinson;Robin Corley

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard K. Olson
Richard K. Olson University of Colorado Boulder
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Bruce F. Pennington
Bruce F. Pennington University of Denver
Sally J. Wadsworth
Sally J. Wadsworth University of Colorado Boulder
David W. Fulker
David W. Fulker University of Colorado Boulder
Erik G. Willcutt
Erik G. Willcutt University of Colorado Boulder
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Stefan Samuelsson
Stefan Samuelsson Linköping University
Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne University of New England
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder

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