Nonlinear decline in the association between birth weight and cognitive ability from infancy to midlife in a community sample of twins
These findings suggest that prenatal experiences may have lasting effects on cognitive development across the lifespan, supporting developmental origin models of cognitive ability.
Authors
- Alyssa Kam
- Christopher R. Beam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6827-409X)
- Sophie A. Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2658-2419)
- Deborah Finkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2346-2470)
- Evan J. Giangrande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-0062)
- Daniel Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-1955)
- Sean R. Womack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8271-2922)
- Eric Turkheimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-6398)
- Molly Gonenne
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Louisville (US)
- Norton Healthcare (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- NeuroDevelopment Center (US)
- University of Louisville Hospital (US)
- University of Louisville Physicians (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Jönköping University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf247
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00