Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0664638

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0664638

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Locating genes for cognitive traits using linkage and association analyses. Our study is the 1st in the world to find significant linkage for IQ.The dataset is one of only 2 such in the world (based on sample size, range & type of measures).Identifying genes for cognitive ability using healthy subjects is important in understanding individual differences in normal cognitive functioning, but it may also provide clues into the underlying mechanisms of impaired cognitive ability. Diverging conditions like reading disorder, schizophrenia, depression, alcoholism, and dementia all share deficits in cognitive ability.Downstream practical applications of identifying 'genes for cognition' include better educational, behavioural and biomedical management of learning and memory disorders, and other intellectual disabilities.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-01-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $510,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantitative Genetics | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Education and training not elsewhere classified | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Psychology | Quantitative Genetics

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