Intelligence
is
polygenic,
highly
heritable,
and
predicts
wide-ranging
life
outcomes.
Here,
we
meta-analysed
the
predictive
validity
of
polygenic
scores
for
intelligence
based
on
largest
available
genome-wide
association
study
(or
GWAS;
Savage
et
al.,
2018)
tested,
phenotypic
to
date.
Across
32
estimates
from
9
independent
samples,
which
all
came
WEIRD
countries
were
European
ancestry
(Ntotal=452,864),
our
meta-analytic
estimate
between
was
ρ=.245
(p<.001,
95%
CI=.184
–
.307),
an
effect
medium
size.
The
varied
across
studies,
measures
intelligence,
even
after
accounting
these
moderators,
score
predictions
remained
significantly
heterogenous.
Our
findings
support
claims
that
benefit
advance
research
but
their
utility
in
other
contexts
yet
be
demonstrated.
Online
measurement
is
on
the
rise
in
every
subdiscipline
of
major
social
sciences,
such
as
psychology,
sociology
or
educational
studies.
This
trend
may
stem
from
numerous
advantages
offered
by
this
mode
data
collection,
including
facts
that
it
cost-efficient
and
enables
collection
large
diversified
samples
quickly.
However,
online
studies
have
their
own
requirements,
one
them
having
tools
available
been
adapted
for
assessment
terms
design,
length,
attractiveness
are
valid
reliable
traditional
counterparts.
These
new
needs
intelligence
research
were
recently
addressed
creation
Pathfinder,
a
novel
online,
gamified,
psychometrically
sound
general
cognitive
ability
(g-score)
measure.
In
article,
we
aimed
to
offer
further
validation
proof
concept
Pathfinder
presenting
results
its
first
language
adaptation.
The
our
adaptation
showed
Polish
version
tool
suited
several
conditions.
They
therefore
supported
applicability
different
linguistic
cultural
contexts.
Schizophrenia Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
49(6), P. 1625 - 1636
Published: Aug. 14, 2023
Endophenotypes
can
help
to
bridge
the
gap
between
psychosis
and
its
genetic
predispositions,
but
their
underlying
mechanisms
remain
largely
unknown.
This
study
aims
identify
biological
that
are
relevant
endophenotypes
for
psychosis,
by
partitioning
polygenic
risk
scores
into
specific
gene
sets
testing
associations
with
endophenotypes.
Intelligence
is
polygenic,
highly
heritable,
and
predicts
wide-ranging
life
outcomes.
Here,
we
meta-analysed
the
predictive
validity
of
polygenic
scores
for
intelligence
based
on
largest
available
genome-wide
association
study
(or
GWAS;
Savage
et
al.,
2018)
tested,
phenotypic
to
date.
Across
32
estimates
from
9
independent
samples,
which
all
came
WEIRD
countries
were
European
ancestry
(Ntotal=452,864),
our
meta-analytic
estimate
between
was
ρ=.245
(p<.001,
95%
CI=.184
–
.307),
an
effect
medium
size.
The
varied
across
studies,
measures
intelligence,
even
after
accounting
these
moderators,
score
predictions
remained
significantly
heterogenous.
Our
findings
support
claims
that
benefit
advance
research
but
their
utility
in
other
contexts
yet
be
demonstrated.
