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A twin study of sexual behavior in menMichael J Lyons
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Arch Sex Behav 33:129-36. 2004..The data suggest that the observed association between age of initiation of sexual relations and having multiple partners is due to genetic influences common to both behaviors...- Lifetime prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in twin pairs discordant for schizophreniaM J Lyons
Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215, USA
Twin Res 3:28-32. 2000.... 
A twin study of smoking, nicotine dependence, and major depression in menMichael Lyons
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:97-108. 2008..Findings extend Kendler and colleague's (1993) study of female twins by demonstrating in men that shared genetic factors predispose not only to major depression and daily smoking but also to major depression and nicotine dependence...
Genes determine stability and the environment determines change in cognitive ability during 35 years of adulthoodMichael J Lyons
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Psychol Sci 20:1146-52. 2009..The genetic factors influencing cognition may change across other eras, but the same genetic influences are operating from early adulthood to late middle age...- Neuropsychological consequences of regular marijuana use: a twin studyM J Lyons
Psychology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Psychol Med 34:1239-50. 2004..A major methodological limitation of prior studies is the inability to determine whether differences between users and non-users are due to differences in genetic vulnerability preceding drug use or due to the effects of the drug... - Nicotine and familial vulnerability to schizophrenia: a discordant twin studyMichael J Lyons
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 111:687-93. 2002..Results are consistent with the hypothesis that nicotine use is influenced by familial vulnerability to schizophrenia, not just clinical schizophrenia per se... - Posttraumatic stress disorder and late-onset smoking in the Vietnam era twin registryKarestan C Koenen
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:186-90. 2006..If replicated, these results identify PTSD as a risk factor for smoking that should lead to early tobacco control treatment in this population... - Does parental education have a moderating effect on the genetic and environmental influences of general cognitive ability in early adulthood?Michael D Grant
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Behav Genet 40:438-46. 2010..Some, but not all, previous studies have found significant moderating effects; however, no consistent pattern emerged that could account for between-study differences regarding moderating effects on genetic and environmental influences... - Posttraumatic stress disorder and the genetic structure of comorbidityErika J Wolf
National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System and Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 119:320-30. 2010..Shared genetic variance across the 2 dimensions explained 67% of their phenotypic correlation (r = .52). These findings have implications for conceptualizations of the etiology of PTSD and its location in an empirically based nosology... - Genetic influence on contrast sensitivity in middle-aged male twinsAlice Cronin-Golomb
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vision Res 47:2179-86. 2007..Identifying the types of individual-specific events that impact contrast sensitivity may suggest interventions to modulate this ability and thereby improve overall quality of life as adults age... - Efficacy of retrospective recall of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A twin studyMark R Schultz
Psychology Department, Boston University, Boston, United States of America
Twin Res Hum Genet 9:220-32. 2006.... - A twin registry study of the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and nicotine dependence in menKarestan C Koenen
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 613, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1258-65. 2005..Recent studies indicate a strong association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and nicotine dependence (ND). However, the explanation for the association remains unclear... - Pilot study of spirituality and mental health in twinsMing T Tsuang
Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, 02115, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:486-8. 2002..The goal of this study was to investigate associations between empirically defined dimensions of spirituality, personality variables, and psychiatric disorders in Vietnam era veterans... - Specificity of familial vulnerability for alcoholism versus major depression in menMichael J Lyons
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:809-17. 2006..Our data are most consistent with a mechanism of reciprocal causation, whereby MD increases risk for AD and AD increases risk of MD... - Spiritual well-being and healthMing T Tsuang
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Behavioral Genomics, University of California, San Diego 92037, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:673-80. 2007..quot; We concluded that studies of SWB and health should continue to distinguish between explicitly religious variables and others that more closely approximate the psychological construct of personal well-being... - Psychopathic personality traits in middle-aged male twins: a behavior genetic investigationMichael Brook
Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
J Pers Disord 24:473-86. 2010..Additionally, the small phenotypic correlation between FD and IA was explained entirely by nonshared environmental factors... - Juvenile conduct disorder as a risk factor for trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorderKarestan C Koenen
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:23-32. 2005..The findings suggest CD increases risk for trauma exposure and PTSD among male veterans through direct and indirect mechanisms. Veterans who have a history of CD are at high risk for trauma exposure and development of PTSD... - Neuropsychological functioning of U.S. Gulf War veterans 10 years after the warRosemary Toomey
Research Service, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:717-29. 2009..Evidence suggests that toxicant exposures influence both these functions, and depressive symptoms also influence attention... - Stability, consistency, and heritability of electrodermal response lability in middle-aged male twinsAndrew Crider
Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Psychophysiology 41:501-9. 2004..We discuss these findings in terms of an information processing account of individual differences in phasic EDR activation...
Research Grants
- The VETSA Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and AgingMichael J Lyons; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- The VETSA Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and AgingMichael Lyons; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- A Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and AgingMichael Lyons; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- The VETSA Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and AgingMichael Lyons; Fiscal Year: 2009....