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Timothy C. Bates

University of Edinburgh
Verified email at ed.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Genetics of intelligence

IJ Deary, FM Spinath, TC Bates - European Journal of Human Genetics, 2006 - nature.com
This article provides an overview of the biometric and molecular genetic studies of human
psychometric intelligence. In the biometric research, special attention is given to the …

Happiness is a personal (ity) thing: The genetics of personality and well-being in a representative sample

A Weiss, TC Bates, M Luciano - Psychological science, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Subjective well-being is known to be related to personality traits. However, to date, nobody
has examined whether personality and subjective well-being share a common genetic …

Enduring links from childhood mathematics and reading achievement to adult socioeconomic status

SJ Ritchie, TC Bates - Psychological science, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding the determinants of socioeconomic status (SES) is an important economic and
social goal. Several major influences on SES are known, yet much of the variance in SES …

Large cross-national differences in gene× socioeconomic status interaction on intelligence

EM Tucker-Drob, TC Bates - Psychological science, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
A core hypothesis in developmental theory predicts that genetic influences on intelligence
and academic achievement are suppressed under conditions of socioeconomic privation and …

You can't change your basic ability, but you work at things, and that's how we get hard things done: Testing the role of growth mindset on response to setbacks …

Y Li, TC Bates - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Timothy C. Bates,
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom …

Big Five and HEXACO personality traits, proenvironmental attitudes, and behaviors: A meta-analysis

ARB Soutter, TC Bates… - … on Psychological Science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
With climate change and its consequences believed to be among the most vital challenges
for humanity and the Earth’s ecosystem, it is important to understand why individuals do or do …

OpenMx 2.0: Extended structural equation and statistical modeling

…, TR Brick, RM Kirkpatrick, R Estabrook, TC Bates… - Psychometrika, 2016 - Springer
The new software package OpenMx 2.0 for structural equation and other statistical modeling
is introduced and its features are described. OpenMx is evolving in a modular direction and …

Oral creatine monohydrate supplementation improves brain performance: a double–blind, placebo–controlled, cross–over trial

…, SR McEwan, TC Bates - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Creatine supplementation is in widespread use to enhance sports–fitness performance, and
has been trialled successfully in the treatment of neurological, neuromuscular and …

[HTML][HTML] Is education associated with improvements in general cognitive ability, or in specific skills?

SJ Ritchie, TC Bates, IJ Deary - Developmental psychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous research has indicated that education influences cognitive development, but it is
unclear what, precisely, is being improved. Here, we tested whether education is associated …

Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading-and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people

…, PR Jansen, TFM Andlauer, TC Bates… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The use of spoken and written language is a fundamental human capacity. Individual
differences in reading- and language-related skills are influenced by genetic variation, with twin-…