T J C Polderman

Summary

Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Heritability of Stroop and flanker performance in 12-year old children
    John F Stins
    Department of Biological Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Neurosci 5:49. 2004
  2. ncbi Exploring the functional role of the CHRM2 gene in human cognition: results from a dense genotyping and brain expression study
    Florencia M Gosso
    Dept of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Med Genet 8:66. 2007
  3. ncbi Across the continuum of attention skills: a twin study of the SWAN ADHD rating scale
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:1080-7. 2007
  4. ncbi Genetic analyses of the stability of executive functioning during childhood
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Biol Psychol 76:11-20. 2007
  5. ncbi A longitudinal twin study on IQ, executive functioning, and attention problems during childhood and early adolescence
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Acta Neurol Belg 106:191-207. 2006
  6. ncbi Attention problems, inhibitory control, and intelligence index overlapping genetic factors: a study in 9-, 12-, and 18-year-old twins
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Neuropsychology 23:381-91. 2009
  7. ncbi No effect of classroom sharing on educational achievement in twins: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study
    T J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Epidemiol Community Health 64:36-40. 2010
  8. ncbi Genetic analyses of teacher ratings of problem behavior in 5-year-old twins
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Twin Res Hum Genet 9:122-30. 2006
  9. ncbi Common variants underlying cognitive ability: further evidence for association between the SNAP-25 gene and cognition using a family-based study in two independent Dutch cohorts
    M F Gosso
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Genes Brain Behav 7:355-64. 2008
  10. ncbi The SNAP-25 gene is associated with cognitive ability: evidence from a family-based study in two independent Dutch cohorts
    M F Gosso
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Psychiatry 11:878-86. 2006

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Heritability of Stroop and flanker performance in 12-year old children
    John F Stins
    Department of Biological Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Neurosci 5:49. 2004
    ..Using structural equation modelling we assessed the heritability of several performance indices derived from those tasks...
  2. ncbi Exploring the functional role of the CHRM2 gene in human cognition: results from a dense genotyping and brain expression study
    Florencia M Gosso
    Dept of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Med Genet 8:66. 2007
    ..The aim of this study is the identification of functional (non)coding variants underlying cognitive phenotypic variation...
  3. ncbi Across the continuum of attention skills: a twin study of the SWAN ADHD rating scale
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:1080-7. 2007
    ..Items of the SWAN are scored on a seven-point scale, with in the middle 'average behavior' and on the extremes 'far below average' and 'far above average'...
  4. ncbi Genetic analyses of the stability of executive functioning during childhood
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Biol Psychol 76:11-20. 2007
    ..Also, genetic variation was the most important explanation for individual differences in executive functioning at both ages...
  5. ncbi A longitudinal twin study on IQ, executive functioning, and attention problems during childhood and early adolescence
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Acta Neurol Belg 106:191-207. 2006
    ..IQ performance at age 5 was the best predictor of IQ at age 12. IQ at both ages was influenced by the same genes, whose influence was amplified during development...
  6. ncbi Attention problems, inhibitory control, and intelligence index overlapping genetic factors: a study in 9-, 12-, and 18-year-old twins
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Neuropsychology 23:381-91. 2009
    ..Genetic factors that influenced IQ also influenced inhibitory control. We conclude that the association between AP and inhibitory control as reported in the literature may largely derive from genetic factors that are shared with IQ...
  7. ncbi No effect of classroom sharing on educational achievement in twins: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study
    T J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Epidemiol Community Health 64:36-40. 2010
    ..This study investigated the effects of sharing a classroom during primary school on cognitive achievement in twins...
  8. ncbi Genetic analyses of teacher ratings of problem behavior in 5-year-old twins
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Twin Res Hum Genet 9:122-30. 2006
    ..Heritability was 63% for Attention problems, around 45% for Withdrawn, Social Problems, Aggressive Behavior and Rule Breaking Behavior, and around 30% for Anxious/Depressed, Thought Problems and Somatic Complaints...
  9. ncbi Common variants underlying cognitive ability: further evidence for association between the SNAP-25 gene and cognition using a family-based study in two independent Dutch cohorts
    M F Gosso
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Genes Brain Behav 7:355-64. 2008
    ..As a result, functional polymorphisms in (non)coding regulatory sequences may affect spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression underlying normal cognitive variation...
  10. ncbi The SNAP-25 gene is associated with cognitive ability: evidence from a family-based study in two independent Dutch cohorts
    M F Gosso
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Psychiatry 11:878-86. 2006
    ..84 PIQ points (P=0.0002). Variance in this SNP accounts for 3.4% of the phenotypic variance in PIQ...
  11. ncbi A twin study of cognitive costs of low birth weight and catch-up growth
    G Frederiek Estourgie-van Burk
    Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pediatr 154:29-32. 2009
    ..To investigate whether there is an association between catch-up growth and cognitive performance in humans...
  12. ncbi Heritability of anxious-depressive and withdrawn behavior: age-related changes during adolescence
    Diane J Lamb
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:248-55. 2010
    ..To explain the differential course of anxiety and depression in individuals from childhood to adulthood by examining age-related changes in the genetic and environmental etiology of anxious and depressive symptoms...
  13. ncbi Netherlands Twin Register: a focus on longitudinal research
    Dorret I Boomsma
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Twin Res 5:401-6. 2002
    ..Large cohorts of phenotyped family members from the general population are very valuable for genetic epidemiological studies and permit selection of informative families for gene finding studies...
  14. ncbi Young Netherlands Twin Register (Y-NTR): a longitudinal multiple informant study of problem behavior
    Meike Bartels
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Univerisiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Twin Res Hum Genet 10:3-11. 2007
    ..In conclusion, between ages 3 and 12 genetic factors are the most important cause of individual differences in emotional and behavioral problems...
  15. ncbi Individual differences in puberty onset in girls: Bayesian estimation of heritabilities and genetic correlations
    Stéphanie M van den Berg
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Behav Genet 36:261-70. 2006
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  16. ncbi A systematic review of prospective studies on attention problems and academic achievement
    Tinca J C Polderman
    Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 122:271-84. 2010
    ..Our aim was to provide an overview of prospective studies that have addressed the association between attention problems (AP, i.e. symptoms of hyperactivity and inattentiveness) and academic achievement (AA)...
  17. ncbi Accounting for sequential trial effects in the flanker task: conflict adaptation or associative priming?
    Sander Nieuwenhuis
    Department of Cognitive Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mem Cognit 34:1260-72. 2006
    ..This pattern of results provides strong evidence that the conflict adaptation effect reflects associative stimulus-response priming instead of conflict-driven adaptations in cognitive control...
  18. ncbi Catechol O-methyl transferase and dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphisms: evidence of positive heterosis and gene-gene interaction on working memory functioning
    M Florencia Gosso
    Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Eur J Hum Genet 16:1075-82. 2008
    ..We conclude that the effects of a single polymorphism in a dopaminergic gene on a well-defined cognitive trait may easily remain hidden if the interaction with age and other genes in the pathway are not taken into account...
  19. ncbi A Functional polymorphism under positive evolutionary selection in ADRB2 is associated with human intelligence with opposite effects in the young and the elderly
    Zoltan Bochdanovits
    Department of Clinical Genetics, Section of Medical Genomics, VU Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Behav Genet 39:15-23. 2009
    ..This result illustrates the relevance of comparative genomics to detect genes that are involved in human behavior...
  20. ncbi The ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM and Microcephalin is not explained by increased intelligence
    Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov
    Department of Human Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 16:600-8. 2007
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