Dr Elsje van Bergen
@drelsje.bsky.social
A/Prof Psychology @ VU Amsterdam; Visiting Prof @ Oslo.
Educational Genetics | Neurodiversity | Intergenerational Transmission
🧬📖➗👨👩👧👦 #ERC-StG #VIDI 🤸acrobat
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X2U5w7UAAAAJ&hl=nl&oi=ao
Educational Genetics | Neurodiversity | Intergenerational Transmission
🧬📖➗👨👩👧👦 #ERC-StG #VIDI 🤸acrobat
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X2U5w7UAAAAJ&hl=nl&oi=ao
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Dr Elsje van Bergen
@drelsje.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Genetics reveal: Children with ADHD at greater risk for learning difficulties - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De erfelijke aanleg voor ADHD overlapt met aanleg voor dyslexie en dyscalculie, blijkt uit onderzoek van de VU en UvA.
vu.nl
🚀 New paper & press release! 🧬📖 🧮 Our large-scale study (20,000 children) shows that #ADHD, #dyslexia, and #dyscalculia often co-occur due to shared genetic risk—not because one condition causes the other.
doi.org/10.1177/0956... (1/5)
doi.org/10.1177/0956... (1/5)
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
New paper by PD student Bob Kapteijns (not on bsky) How do reading, math, and various cognitive skills "grow together" in early childhood? 🧠📚
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
New paper by PD student Bob Kapteijns (not on bsky) How do reading, math, and various cognitive skills "grow together" in early childhood? 🧠📚
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
🎙️Out now: the first episode of the new @essgn.bsky.social podcast by @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @aysuo.bsky.social, featuring @dr-appie.bsky.social
essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-ab...
essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-ab...
1. Abdel Abdellaoui on social science genetics | Born and Raised
In this very first episode of Born and Raised, hosts Rafael and Aysu visit behavior geneticist Abdel Abdellaoui in his office at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. They talk about the nature of ...
essgn.podbean.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🎙️Out now: the first episode of the new @essgn.bsky.social podcast by @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @aysuo.bsky.social, featuring @dr-appie.bsky.social
essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-ab...
essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-ab...
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
🎙️Thanks to @eugeniakis.bsky.social for the thoughtful conversation on her #podcast Psychology Inside Out.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
@geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social
(2/2)
open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
@geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social
(2/2)
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🎙️Thanks to @eugeniakis.bsky.social for the thoughtful conversation on her #podcast Psychology Inside Out.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
@geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social
(2/2)
open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
@geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social
(2/2)
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
People often ask me what I use to create my plots. I use mostly R, but I have to admit that I cheat a little bit with Adobe Illustrator 🧑🏽🎨
See slide show below for some of my edits 👇🏽
See slide show below for some of my edits 👇🏽
January 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
People often ask me what I use to create my plots. I use mostly R, but I have to admit that I cheat a little bit with Adobe Illustrator 🧑🏽🎨
See slide show below for some of my edits 👇🏽
See slide show below for some of my edits 👇🏽
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
🎙️ #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🎙️ #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
Unusually white #Amsterdam this week ❄️
Slippery cycling, but incredibly beautiful.
📍Kalfjeslaan
#winter #snow #sneeuw #Netherlands #cycling #fietsen
Slippery cycling, but incredibly beautiful.
📍Kalfjeslaan
#winter #snow #sneeuw #Netherlands #cycling #fietsen
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Unusually white #Amsterdam this week ❄️
Slippery cycling, but incredibly beautiful.
📍Kalfjeslaan
#winter #snow #sneeuw #Netherlands #cycling #fietsen
Slippery cycling, but incredibly beautiful.
📍Kalfjeslaan
#winter #snow #sneeuw #Netherlands #cycling #fietsen
Snowy start to our Grant Writing & Science Communication course ☃️
Despite slippery roads, students showed up. After class, campus turned into a winter playground. Grown-ups can still play!
Proud of our students. Grateful to teach the next generation of scientists.
🔗 vu.nl/genes
#rmGBH #SciComm
Despite slippery roads, students showed up. After class, campus turned into a winter playground. Grown-ups can still play!
Proud of our students. Grateful to teach the next generation of scientists.
🔗 vu.nl/genes
#rmGBH #SciComm
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Snowy start to our Grant Writing & Science Communication course ☃️
Despite slippery roads, students showed up. After class, campus turned into a winter playground. Grown-ups can still play!
Proud of our students. Grateful to teach the next generation of scientists.
🔗 vu.nl/genes
#rmGBH #SciComm
Despite slippery roads, students showed up. After class, campus turned into a winter playground. Grown-ups can still play!
Proud of our students. Grateful to teach the next generation of scientists.
🔗 vu.nl/genes
#rmGBH #SciComm
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
(2/2) 🎉 Proud supervisor moment: congratulations @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social on her 1st PhD paper! With @charlottepahnke.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ibbamsterdam.bsky.social
#ERC #BehaviourGenetics #GeneEnvironmentInterplay #DevelopmentalScience #PhDSupervision
#ERC #BehaviourGenetics #GeneEnvironmentInterplay #DevelopmentalScience #PhDSupervision
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
(2/2) 🎉 Proud supervisor moment: congratulations @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social on her 1st PhD paper! With @charlottepahnke.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @geneamsterdam.bsky.social @ibbamsterdam.bsky.social
#ERC #BehaviourGenetics #GeneEnvironmentInterplay #DevelopmentalScience #PhDSupervision
#ERC #BehaviourGenetics #GeneEnvironmentInterplay #DevelopmentalScience #PhDSupervision
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
🧠 Parents and siblings shape children’s environments— but families also share genes
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
The Power to Resolve Cultural Transmission and Sibling Interaction Using Polygenic Scores - Behavior Genetics
In the classical twin design, the assumption that the additive genetic (A) and shared environment (C) variance components are uncorrelated may not hold. If there is positive AC covariance, the C compo...
doi.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🧠 Parents and siblings shape children’s environments— but families also share genes
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🎙️ #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🎙️ #Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/6Sxt...
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
🧬 genetics shape differences — but are not destiny
🧠 dyslexia & ADHD often co-occur due to shared genes
👨👩👧 families pass on both genes and environments
🎓 better science → fairer education & mental-health support
🧭 also reflects on non-linear academic paths
🧠 Parents and siblings shape children’s environments— but families also share genes
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
The Power to Resolve Cultural Transmission and Sibling Interaction Using Polygenic Scores - Behavior Genetics
In the classical twin design, the assumption that the additive genetic (A) and shared environment (C) variance components are uncorrelated may not hold. If there is positive AC covariance, the C compo...
doi.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🧠 Parents and siblings shape children’s environments— but families also share genes
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
🧬 Because genes influence behaviour, environments are partly shaped by genetics too
To separate genetic from environmental influences, we need genetic data from both parents and siblings 🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
This day 44 years ago I was born.
Grateful to do science like a grown-up — and still play like a 14-year-old. 🎂✨
Grateful to do science like a grown-up — and still play like a 14-year-old. 🎂✨
Above all, I’m grateful to my family — for doing this together. My husband Yves Rezus also had a great sabbatical year at OsloMet.
This year reminded me how much science, parenting, and life benefit from movement:
across countries, disciplines, communities, and seasons. ✨
(5/5)
This year reminded me how much science, parenting, and life benefit from movement:
across countries, disciplines, communities, and seasons. ✨
(5/5)
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This day 44 years ago I was born.
Grateful to do science like a grown-up — and still play like a 14-year-old. 🎂✨
Grateful to do science like a grown-up — and still play like a 14-year-old. 🎂✨
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Professionally, this sabbatical year was a gift.
Grateful to PROMENTA (@eivindy.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) and CREATE (@melbylervag.bsky.social @unioslo-uv.bsky.social) at the University of Oslo for hosting me so generously, and to the many dear collaborators across Oslo.
(3/5)
Grateful to PROMENTA (@eivindy.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) and CREATE (@melbylervag.bsky.social @unioslo-uv.bsky.social) at the University of Oslo for hosting me so generously, and to the many dear collaborators across Oslo.
(3/5)
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Professionally, this sabbatical year was a gift.
Grateful to PROMENTA (@eivindy.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) and CREATE (@melbylervag.bsky.social @unioslo-uv.bsky.social) at the University of Oslo for hosting me so generously, and to the many dear collaborators across Oslo.
(3/5)
Grateful to PROMENTA (@eivindy.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social) and CREATE (@melbylervag.bsky.social @unioslo-uv.bsky.social) at the University of Oslo for hosting me so generously, and to the many dear collaborators across Oslo.
(3/5)
In the summer of 2024, we arrived in Oslo as a family for a sabbatical year.
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In the summer of 2024, we arrived in Oslo as a family for a sabbatical year.
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
Honoured to be featured by the @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellowship. Their support enables ambitious, cross-border science on how genetics and environments shape children’s learning & development. 🌍🧬
Work with other Fellows nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
Work with other Fellows nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠 Jacobs CIFAR Research Fellow Elsje van Bergen of @vuamsterdam.bsky.social studies how genetics & home environments shape children’s development.
📢 Apply for the 2027–2029 #JacobsCIFARFellowship by 2 Feb 2026: cifar.ca/next-generat...
#ApplyNow #Education
📢 Apply for the 2027–2029 #JacobsCIFARFellowship by 2 Feb 2026: cifar.ca/next-generat...
#ApplyNow #Education
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Honoured to be featured by the @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellowship. Their support enables ambitious, cross-border science on how genetics and environments shape children’s learning & development. 🌍🧬
Work with other Fellows nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
Work with other Fellows nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
I wonder how much quicker papers would be rejected or published on average if journal software would forward out of office responses of contacted reviewers to handling editors — something that requires advanced software available since ... *checks* ... the 90s.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I wonder how much quicker papers would be rejected or published on average if journal software would forward out of office responses of contacted reviewers to handling editors — something that requires advanced software available since ... *checks* ... the 90s.
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
www.ukrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
📚 Further reading from my talk
• Hart, Little & van Bergen (2021), Nurture might be nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
• @dr-appie.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social Verweij & Visscher (2023), 15 years of GWAS discovery
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
• Hart, Little & van Bergen (2021), Nurture might be nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
• @dr-appie.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social Verweij & Visscher (2023), 15 years of GWAS discovery
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions - npj Science of Learning
npj Science of Learning - Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📚 Further reading from my talk
• Hart, Little & van Bergen (2021), Nurture might be nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
• @dr-appie.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social Verweij & Visscher (2023), 15 years of GWAS discovery
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
• Hart, Little & van Bergen (2021), Nurture might be nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
• @dr-appie.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social Verweij & Visscher (2023), 15 years of GWAS discovery
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
🧬 3 key ideas from my ABC×iBBA talk:
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🧬 3 key ideas from my ABC×iBBA talk:
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
🧬 3 key ideas from my ABC×iBBA talk:
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🧬 3 key ideas from my ABC×iBBA talk:
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
Behavioural genetics helps explain why people differ
Genes & environments are intertwined—correlations between e.g. parenting and child outcome aren’t automatically causal
Knowing genetics sharpens questions about brain & behaviour
📸 @ltchen.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
In 2,000 children followed from Grades 1–9, we find that #LearningDifficulties co-occur strongly with each other, but only weakly with #ADHD.
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In 2,000 children followed from Grades 1–9, we find that #LearningDifficulties co-occur strongly with each other, but only weakly with #ADHD.
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
While ADHD affects reading comprehension over time, it does not drive reading fluency or arithmetic.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
Led by @mpsyridou.bsky.social
1/5
🚀 From history teacher-to-be in CAN to behavioural geneticist in NL: My PhD student Kassandra Pomper shares her journey in this VU interview
“I dreaded statistics… but I couldn’t have been more wrong”
🔗 vu.nl/en/stories/k...
Proud of Kassandra & #SCANNER team studying sex differences in autism 💙
“I dreaded statistics… but I couldn’t have been more wrong”
🔗 vu.nl/en/stories/k...
Proud of Kassandra & #SCANNER team studying sex differences in autism 💙
Kassandra Pomper studied Psychology at VU Amsterdam - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kassandra Pomper studied Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. We asked her a few questions about her experience of the programme.
vu.nl
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚀 From history teacher-to-be in CAN to behavioural geneticist in NL: My PhD student Kassandra Pomper shares her journey in this VU interview
“I dreaded statistics… but I couldn’t have been more wrong”
🔗 vu.nl/en/stories/k...
Proud of Kassandra & #SCANNER team studying sex differences in autism 💙
“I dreaded statistics… but I couldn’t have been more wrong”
🔗 vu.nl/en/stories/k...
Proud of Kassandra & #SCANNER team studying sex differences in autism 💙
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
www.science.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
Bonus insight: the Finnish results mirror our Dutch twin findings.
In our twin paper, ADHD–dyslexia–dyscalculia overlap reflected shared genetic risk, not causality.
The new Finnish models show the same pattern via random intercepts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
5/5
In our twin paper, ADHD–dyslexia–dyscalculia overlap reflected shared genetic risk, not causality.
The new Finnish models show the same pattern via random intercepts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
5/5
*Co-Occurrence and Causality Among ADHD, Dyslexia, and Dyscalculia - Elsje van Bergen, Eveline L. de Zeeuw, Sara A. Hart, Dorret I. Boomsma, Eco J. C. de Geus, Kees-Jan Kan, 2025
ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia often co-occur, and the underlying continuous traits are correlated (ADHD symptoms, reading, spelling, and math skills). This ma...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Bonus insight: the Finnish results mirror our Dutch twin findings.
In our twin paper, ADHD–dyslexia–dyscalculia overlap reflected shared genetic risk, not causality.
The new Finnish models show the same pattern via random intercepts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
5/5
In our twin paper, ADHD–dyslexia–dyscalculia overlap reflected shared genetic risk, not causality.
The new Finnish models show the same pattern via random intercepts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
5/5
Reposted by Dr Elsje van Bergen
For anyone who loves a good visual: this UpSet plot shows how combinations of ADHD and learning difficulties co-occur.
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For anyone who loves a good visual: this UpSet plot shows how combinations of ADHD and learning difficulties co-occur.
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5
• Single dots = 1 condition
• Connected dots = ≥2
Learning difficulties co-occur ~4.5× more with each other, but only ~1.5× with ADHD.
🔗 osf.io/rvd9q/
3/5