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Chunk #31 — The NIMH Pediatric Twin Study

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The changing impact of genes and environment on brain development during childhood and adolescence: initial findings from a neuroimaging study of pediatric twins.
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Areas in which nongenetic factors were the chief contributors to variance were extensive. It is not possible with this study design to separate true unique environmental influences from any other nongenetic sources of variance, including error, making interpretation more difficult. However, it is intriguing that these areas included those regions associated with primary motor and sensory functions, whereas stronger genetic effects were seen more prominently in regions of association cortex.