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Grigorenko, Elena L. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2017
This essay is focused on the research into the genetic etiology of creativity and related processes. In an attempt to identify the most salient points of this research, the article provides a brief overview of quantitative-genetic (family and twin) and molecular-genetic (candidate-gene and whole-genome) studies of creativity. To conclude, the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Genetics, Etiology, Twins
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Grigorenko, Elena L.; Hart, Lesley; Hein, Sascha; Kovalenko, Julia; Naumova, Oxana Yu. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
In this article we present a summary of the literature on the associations between learning difficulties/disabilities and juvenile delinquency. This literature is almost a hundred years old, but, although reportedly demonstrating the low academic achievement-delinquency connection, contains numerous unanswered questions regarding the frequency,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Learning Problems, Juvenile Justice, Learning Disabilities
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Kidd, Kenneth K. – American Psychologist, 2005
In this article, the authors argue that the overwhelming portion of the literature on intelligence, race, and genetics is based on folk taxonomies rather than scientific analysis. They suggest that because theorists of intelligence disagree as to what it is, any consideration of its relationships to other constructs must be tentative at best. They…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Genetics, Race, Folk Culture
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Grigorenko, Elena L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: This article selectively reviews the status of the genetic research in the field of speech and language disorders. Methods: Major contributions to the field are selected, presented, and discussed. Results: The field presents itself through a variety of findings, characterized by both consistencies and inconsistencies. Conclusions: The…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Impairments, Genetics, Language Acquisition
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Kidd, Kenneth K. – American Psychologist, 2006
This article presents replies to published comments on the authors' original article (R. L. Sternberg, E. L. Grigorenko, and K. K. Kidd. G. Carey cited in his response to their article a study by Tang et al. (2005) showing that "of 3,636 subjects of varying race/ethnicity, only 5 (0.14%) showed genetic cluster membership different from their…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Genetics, Multivariate Analysis