🤩🍾I'm over the moon about my ERC #ERCStG for my proposal "Growing up among bright books & generous genes: The intergenerational cycle of educational achievement"! It took resilience & recycling rejected grants. At 4pm I'll talk at

RT @PsyPost: Shared genes explain why ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia often occur together, study finds

RT @drElsje: 🚨 Big question, big paper! Why does educational inequality run in families?.The parent-child education link (r = .31) is often….

RT @drElsje: Breaking down the .31 parent-offspring correlation:. 🧬68% genetic. 👨‍👩‍👧12% parental environment. 👴20% extended-family environ….

RT @drElsje: Big performance differences by parental education 📊.While boys and girls scored similarly, a striking education gradient emerg….

Thanks! Here with the link to the paper: @farteinask @lervag @hfsunde @CaroRowland.

RT @HansKoppies: @primalpoly @paulg The story continues.

RT @gerardgovers: We krijgen allemaal veel mee van onze ouders: opvoeding, financiële middelen, een netwerk. Maar het voornaamste dat ze….

RT @DegenRolf: Link:

RT @DegenRolf: The relationship between parents' education and children's academic achievement is predominantly determined by genes. C….

This is definitely #TeamScience! Huge thanks to the fantastic @hfsunde Caroline Rowland @lervag @farteinask .& funders @ERC_Research #VIDI @forskningsradet @Foundation_JF @MPI_NL @NTRscience 🧵.

That simple diagram in 🧵1? Just a teaser. Here’s the real deal—our full model includes parents, their siblings, partners, and kids, with all relevant paths and correlations. This lets us robustly disentangle genetic and environmental transmission.🧑‍💻Code

Breaking down the .31 parent-offspring correlation:. 🧬68% genetic. 👨‍👩‍👧12% parental environment. 👴20% extended-family environment.Some influence runs via the co-parent (assortative mating). Most influences on kids’ achievement aren't shared with those on parent attainment. 🧵

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Extended-family matters too:.In full-sib families, aunts/uncles resemble nieces/nephews more than genes alone predict. This suggests shared environmental influences beyond the nuclear family—factors shaping both parents and their siblings, now influencing the next generation🧵

Big performance differences by parental education 📊.While boys and girls scored similarly, a striking education gradient emerged:.🎓 Teens of Master's-educated parents mostly scored above the mean.🧑‍🔧 Teens of lower-secondary educated parents mostly scored below the mean.🧵

🚨 Big question, big paper! Why does educational inequality run in families?.The parent-child education link (r = .31) is often seen as purely environmental. From 569k kids, we decomposed it:.🧬68% genetic.🏡12% parental env.👴20% extended-family env.👉🧵

RT @drElsje: 🚀 New paper @PsychScience & press release! 🧬📖 🧮 Our large-scale study (20,000 children) shows that #ADHD, #dyslexia, and #dysc….

RT @drElsje: Key findings.✅37% of kids with ADHD also have dyslexia or dyscalculia.✅Learning difficulties don't result from ADHD itself ✅Ra….

RT @drElsje: 👩‍🔬 What does this mean? Treating #ADHD alone is unlikely to improve reading/math skills, just as treating #dyslexia won't red….

RT @wduyck: 37% van ADHD kinderen hebben dyslexie of dyscalculie. Dit zijn geen gevolgen van ADHD. Het verband ontstaat door gedeelde genet….

And a huge thanks to 👭 our invaluable participants: twins, parents and teachers from the @NTRscience Netherlands Twin Register 🙌.