Virtual_twin

Virtual twin

Virtual twin

Similar-age unrelated children brought up together

Not to be confused with Digital twin.

Virtual twins are two children who are generally the same age and who are not genetic siblings, yet they are "reared together since infancy".[1] Others have defined virtual twins as "unrelated children born within nine months of each other who enter a family, through birth or adoption, in the first year of life.[2]

This phenomenon has led to the creation of the Fullerton Virtual Twin Study (FVTS) at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Segal, N. L.; McGuire, S. A.; Stohs, J. H. (2012). "What Virtual Twins Reveal About General Intelligence and Other Behaviors". Personality and Individual Differences. 53 (4): 405–410. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.019. PMC 3375824. PMID 22711965.
  2. [2]
    "In Studies of Virtual Twins, Nature Wins Again". New York Times. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    Segal, Nancy L.; Niculae, Francisca J. (2019). "Fullerton Virtual Twin Project: Overview and 2019 Update". Twin Research and Human Genetics. 22 (6): 731–734. doi:10.1017/thg.2019.40. PMID 31354120. S2CID 198966930.


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