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Overview

Yulia Kovas is affiliated with Goldsmiths University of London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of psychology. Their work spans various subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, automotive engineering, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and genetics.

Their research interests include topics such as spatial cognition and navigation, education, achievement and giftedness, cognitive abilities and testing, personality traits and psychology, genetically modified organisms research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and geography education and pedagogy.

Yulia Kovas has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles published in journals and other scientific venues. Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • Evidence for a unitary structure of spatial cognition beyond general intelligence, 2020, npj Science of Learning
  • Genetic factors underlie the association between anxiety, attitudes and performance in mathematics, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Alpha Band Resting-State EEG Connectivity Is Associated With Non-verbal Intelligence, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Personality, Behavioral strengths and difficulties and performance of adolescents with high achievements in science, literature, art and sports, 2020, Personality and Individual Differences
  • Attitudes towards genetic testing: The role of genetic literacy, motivated cognition, and socio-demographic characteristics, 2023, PLoS ONE

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • British Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Current Psychology

Collaboration plays a significant role in their work. Frequent co-authors include Maxim Likhanov, Fatos Selita, Elina Tsigeman, Robert M. Chapman, and Teemu Toivainen.

Yulia Kovas has also contributed to book publications, notably with a title published by Palgrave Macmillan titled Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era (2021).

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Generalist genes and learning disabilities.

    Robert Plomin;Yulia Kovas

  • True grit and genetics: Predicting academic achievement from personality.

    Kaili Rimfeld;Yulia Kovas;Philip S. Dale;Robert Plomin

  • The Genetic and Environmental Origins of Learning Abilities and Disabilities in the Early School Years

    Yulia Kovas;Claire M. A. Haworth;Philip S. Dale;Robert Plomin

  • The high heritability of educational achievement reflects many genetically influenced traits, not just intelligence.

    Eva Krapohl;Kaili Rimfeld;Nicholas G. Shakeshaft;Maciej Trzaskowski

  • Generalist genes: implications for the cognitive sciences

    Yulia Kovas;Robert Plomin

  • Is Math Anxiety Always Bad for Math Learning? The Role of Math Motivation

    Zhe Wang;Sarah L. Lukowski;Sara A. Hart;Ian M. Lyons

  • Understanding Neurocognitive Developmental Disorders Can Improve Education for All

    Brian Butterworth;Yulia Kovas;Yulia Kovas;Yulia Kovas

  • Who is afraid of math? Two sources of genetic variance for mathematical anxiety.

    Zhe Wang;Sara Ann Hart;Yulia Kovas;Yulia Kovas;Yulia Kovas;Sarah Lukowski

  • Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics in Elementary School: A Longitudinal Investigation of Their Association.

    Gabrielle Garon-Carrier;Michel Boivin;Michel Boivin;Frédéric Guay;Yulia Kovas;Yulia Kovas

  • Predicting educational achievement from DNA

    S Selzam;E Krapohl;S von Stumm;P F O'Reilly

  • Genetic Influences in Different Aspects of Language Development: The Etiology of Language Skills in 4.5‐Year‐Old Twins

    Yulia Kovas;Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas;Bonamy Oliver;Philip S. Dale

  • A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci associated with mathematics ability and disability

    Sophia J. Docherty;O. S. P. Davis;Yulia Kovas;Emma Meaburn

  • New literacy challenge for the twenty-first century: genetic knowledge is poor even among well educated

    Robert Chapman;Maxim Likhanov;Fatos Selita;Ilya Zakharov

  • 'Generalist genes' and mathematics in 7-year-old twins.

    Y Kovas;N Harlaar;S A Petrill;Robert Plomin

  • Literacy and Numeracy Are More Heritable Than Intelligence in Primary School

    Yulia Kovas;Ivan Voronin;Ivan Voronin;Andrey Kaydalov;Andrey Kaydalov;Sergey B. Malykh;Sergey B. Malykh

  • Overlap and specificity of genetic and environmental influences on mathematics and reading disability in 10-year-old twins.

    Yulia Kovas;Claire M. A. Haworth;Nicole Harlaar;Stephen A. Petrill

  • The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component

    Oliver S. P. Davis;Oliver S. P. Davis;Gavin Band;Matti Pirinen;Claire M. A. Haworth;Claire M. A. Haworth

  • More Than Just IQ School Achievement Is Predicted by Self-Perceived Abilities—But for Genetic Rather Than Environmental Reasons

    Corina U. Greven;Nicole Harlaar;Nicole Harlaar;Yulia Kovas;Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

  • Mathematical Ability of 10-Year-Old Boys and Girls Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Typical and Low Performance

    Yulia Kovas;Claire M. A. Haworth;Stephen A. Petrill;Robert Plomin

  • The genetic and environmental origins of learning abilities and disabilities in the early school years: V. Genetic stability, environmental change.

    Yulia Kovas;Claire M. A. Haworth;Philip S. Dale;Robert Plomin

  • School motivation: A twin study

    Beata Tick;Maria Grazia Tosto;Claire Haworth;Robert Plomin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Stephen A. Petrill
Stephen A. Petrill The Ohio State University
Philip S. Dale
Philip S. Dale University of New Mexico
Claire M. A. Haworth
Claire M. A. Haworth University of Bristol
Kaili Rimfeld
Kaili Rimfeld King's College London
Nicole Harlaar
Nicole Harlaar University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Lee A. Thompson
Lee A. Thompson Case Western Reserve University
Sara A. Hart
Sara A. Hart University of Waterloo

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