Nancy L. Pedersen

1.7k total citations
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nancy L. Pedersen is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy L. Pedersen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 7 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Nancy L. Pedersen's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (11 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers). Nancy L. Pedersen is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (11 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers). Nancy L. Pedersen collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Nancy L. Pedersen's co-authors include Ulf dé Fairé, Gösta Dahlén, Debra A. Heller, Paul Lichtenstein, Gerald E. McClearn, Margaret Gatz, Robert Plomin, Chandra A. Reynolds, Julie Loebach Wetherell and Deborah Finkel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Nancy L. Pedersen

28 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers

Nancy L. Pedersen
Karoline Schousboe Denmark
Sara E. Walker United States
Barry Widmer United Kingdom
D. C. Rao United States
V. Hesse Germany
Sarah G. Buxbaum United States
Nicolas C. Nicolaides Greece
Robyn E. Wootton United Kingdom
Alfred Kraus United States
Kazuo Hayakawa Japan
Karoline Schousboe Denmark
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All Works

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Willroth, Emily C, Emorie D Beck, Tomiko Yoneda, et al.. (2025). Associations of personality trait level and change with mortality risk in 11 longitudinal studies.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 128(2). 392–409. 1 indexed citations
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Dahl, Anna, Linda B. Hassing, Eleonor I. Fransson, et al.. (2009). Being Overweight in Midlife Is Associated With Lower Cognitive Ability and Steeper Cognitive Decline in Late Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 65A(1). 57–62. 101 indexed citations
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Ortega‐Alonso, Alfredo, Nancy L. Pedersen, Urho M. Kujala, et al.. (2006). A Twin Study on the Heritability of Walking Ability Among Older Women. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 61(10). 1082–1085. 22 indexed citations
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Finkel, Deborah, et al.. (2005). Cohort differences in patterns of decline in cognitive abilities. The Gerontologist. 45. 362–362. 1 indexed citations
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Silventoinen, Karri, Sampo Sammalisto, Markus Perola, et al.. (2003). Skytthe A, Spector TD, Stazi MA, Willemsen G, Kaprio J, Heritability of adult body height: a comparative study of twin cohorts in eight countries. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
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Iliadou, Anastasia, Paul Lichtenstein, Ulf dé Fairé, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2001). Variation in genetic and environmental influences in serum lipid and apolipoprotein levels across the lifespan in Swedish male and female twins. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 102(1). 48–58. 28 indexed citations
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Reiss, David, Marianne Cederblad, Nancy L. Pedersen, et al.. (2001). Genetic Probes of Three Theories of Maternal Adjustment: II. Genetic and Environmental Influences*. Family Process. 40(3). 261–272. 34 indexed citations
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Finkel, Deborah, Nancy L. Pedersen, & Maria Larsson. (2001). Olfactory Functioning and Cognitive Abilities: A Twin Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 56(4). P226–P233. 49 indexed citations
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Finkel, Deborah & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2000). Contribution of age, genes, and environment to the relationship between perceptual speed and cognitive ability.. Psychology and Aging. 15(1). 56–64. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, Tracy L., Raymond F. Palmer, Nancy L. Pedersen, & Toni P. Miles. (1999). Psychological and Behavioral Predictors of Body Fat Distribution: Age and Gender Effects. Obesity Research. 7(2). 199–207. 46 indexed citations
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Nelson, T., George P. Vogler, Nancy L. Pedersen, & Yuling Hong. (1999). Implications of Body Fat Distribution in an Older Twin Population. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 54(9). M446–M450. 1 indexed citations
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Kendler, Kenneth S., Laura M. Karkowski, Carol A. Prescott, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (1998). Latent class analysis of Temperance Board registrations in Swedish male–male twin pairs born 1902 to 1949: searching for subtypes of alcoholism. Psychological Medicine. 28(4). 803–813. 25 indexed citations
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Malaty, Hoda M., et al.. (1998). Co-twin Study of the Effect of Environment and Dietary Elements on Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori Infection. American Journal of Epidemiology. 148(8). 793–797. 38 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Nancy L., Bruce L. Miller, Julie Loebach Wetherell, et al.. (1998). Neuroimaging Findings in Twins Discordant for Alzheimer’s Disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 10(1). 51–58. 172 indexed citations
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Lichtenstein, Paul & Nancy L. Pedersen. (1997). Does genetic variance for cognitive abilities account for genetic variance in educational achievement and occupational status? A study of twins reared apart and twins reared together. Biodemography and Social Biology. 44(1-2). 77–90. 21 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Nancy L., et al.. (1996). Sources of Covariation among Mini-Mental State Examination Scores, Education, and Cognitive Abilities. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 51B(2). P55–P63. 23 indexed citations
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Heller, Debra A., et al.. (1993). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Serum Lipid Levels in Twins. New England Journal of Medicine. 328(16). 1150–1156. 374 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Nancy L., Lars Oreland, Chandra A. Reynolds, & Gerald E. McClearn. (1993). Importance of genetic effects for monoamine oxidase activity in thrombocytes in twins reared apart and twins reared together. Psychiatry Research. 46(3). 239–251. 71 indexed citations
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Berg, Stéphanie M. van den, Boo Johansson, Robert Plomin, et al.. (1992). Origins of variance in the old-old: The first presentation of the OCTO-Twin Study in Sweden. Behavior Genetics. 22. 708–709. 4 indexed citations
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McClearn, G. E., et al.. (1986). THE SWEDISH ADOPTION TWIN STUDY OF AGING (SATSA) - A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN GERONTOLOGICAL GENETICS. The Gerontologist. 16(6). 629–629. 1 indexed citations

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