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Twin mythconceptions, false beliefs, fables, and facts about twins, Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Twin mythconceptions

bibliography

Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D

false beliefs, fables, and facts about twins

This book sheds new light on over 70 commonly held ideas and beliefs about the origins and development of identical and fraternal twins. Using the latest scientific findings from psychology, psychiatry, biology, and education, the book separates fact from fiction. Each idea about twins is described, followed by both a short answer about the truth, and then a longer, more detailed explanation. Coverage includes embryology of twins, twin types, intellectual growth, personality traits, sexual orientation of twins, marital relationships, epigenetic analyses, and more.--Publisher's description

Twin types : more than just two -- Living laboratories : double designs and multiple methods -- Mythconceptions about twin conceptions I -- Mythconceptions about twin conceptions II -- Identical or fraternal? telling twins apart -- Biological complexities, myths, and realities -- Mind readers? twin telepathy, intelligence, and elite performance -- Going to school and speaking out loud -- Human behavioral variations : sex and sex differences -- Good twin-evil twin and other family ties -- Twins, clones, and other extraordinary pairs -- Twin spouses and unrelated look-alikes : new views -- Of two minds : old questions and fresh answers -- Appendix 1 : What about Hellin's law? and does Weinberg rule? -- Appendix 2 : Right-handed or left-handed? -- Appendix 3 : Polar body twins : a primer -- Appendix 4 : Nancy L. Segal's ten classic books on twins -- Appendix 5 : Glossary of terms and abbreviations