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K. Paige Harden is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in United States. Their research primarily spans fields related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable intersection in Psychology. The scientist's work encompasses a range of subfields including Genetics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

Their recent published papers include studies on genetic analyses and behavioral traits: Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects (2022, Nature Genetics), Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction (2021, Nature Neuroscience), Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction (2021, Nature Genetics), Using genetics for social science (2020, Nature Human Behaviour), and Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository (2021, Nature Human Behaviour).

Frequent publication venues for K. Paige Harden include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Developmental Psychology
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Coauthors often collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Elliot M. Tucker-Drob
  • Travis T. Mallard
  • Danielle M. Dick
  • Philipp Koellinger
  • Laurel Raffington

K. Paige Harden's research topics cover a variety of areas related to genetic and psychological studies, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

The scientist has contributed to book publications, with works published by Princeton University Press such as The Genetic Lottery (2021) appearing multiple times. Another book titled Die Gen-Lotterie was published by Hogrefe AG eBooks in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits.

    Andrew D. Grotzinger;Mijke Rhemtulla;Ronald de Vlaming;Ronald de Vlaming;Stuart J. Ritchie

  • Individual Differences in the Development of Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity During Adolescence: Further Evidence for a Dual Systems Model

    K. Paige Harden;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Cognition Across Development and Context

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Daniel A. Briley;K. Paige Harden

  • A Sex-Positive Framework for Research on Adolescent Sexuality:

    K. Paige Harden

  • Differential changes in impulsivity and sensation seeking and the escalation of substance use from adolescence to early adulthood.

    Patrick D. Quinn;K. Paige Harden

  • Development’s Tortoise and Hare: Pubertal Timing, Pubertal Tempo, and Depressive Symptoms in Boys and Girls

    Jane Mendle;K. Paige Harden;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Julia A. Graber

  • Smoking during pregnancy and offspring externalizing problems: An exploration of genetic and environmental confounds

    Brian M. D'Onofrio;Carol A. van Hulle;Irwin D. Waldman;Joseph Lee Rodgers

  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction.

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Travis T Mallard;Peter B Barr;Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Sandra Sanchez-Roige

  • Genotype by Environment Interaction in Adolescents’ Cognitive Aptitude

    K. Paige Harden;Eric Turkheimer;John C. Loehlin

  • Sex Differences in the Developmental Trajectories of Impulse Control and Sensation-Seeking from Early Adolescence to Early Adulthood

    Elizabeth P. Shulman;K. Paige Harden;Jason M. Chein;Laurence Steinberg

  • Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction.

    Perline A. Demange;Perline A. Demange;Margherita Malanchini;Margherita Malanchini;Margherita Malanchini;Travis T. Mallard;Pietro Biroli

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Emergence of a Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Infant Mental Ability Between 10 Months and 2 Years

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Mijke Rhemtulla;Mijke Rhemtulla;K. Paige Harden;Eric Turkheimer

  • Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

    Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon Mi Hur;Yoshie Yokoyama

  • Gene-environment correlation and interaction in peer effects on adolescent alcohol and tobacco use.

    K. Paige Harden;Jennifer E. Hill;Eric Turkheimer;Robert E. Emery

  • Associations Between Father Absence and Age of First Sexual Intercourse

    Jane Mendle;K. Paige Harden;Eric Turkheimer;Carol A. Van Hulle

  • Psychopathology and thought suppression: a quantitative review.

    Joshua C. Magee;Joshua C. Magee;K. Paige Harden;Bethany A. Teachman

  • Early childhood cognitive development and parental cognitive stimulation: Evidence for reciprocal gene-environment transactions

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;K. Paige Harden

  • Genomic analysis of diet composition finds novel loci and associations with health and lifestyle.

    S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens;Ronald de Vlaming;Peter Bowers;Casper A. P. Burik

  • Genes Unite Executive Functions in Childhood

    Laura E. Engelhardt;Daniel Andrew Briley;Frank D. Mann;K. Paige Harden

  • Genetically influenced change in sensation seeking drives the rise of delinquent behavior during adolescence.

    K. Paige Harden;Patrick D. Quinn;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Item-Level Genome-Wide Association Study of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in Three Population-Based Cohorts

    Travis T Mallard;Jeanne E Savage;Emma C Johnson;Yuye Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Elliot M. Tucker-Drob
Elliot M. Tucker-Drob The University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University
Daniel A. Briley
Daniel A. Briley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric Turkheimer
Eric Turkheimer University of Virginia
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder

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