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Learning and focus

Whether the difficulty of sitting down to study is partly inherited — a question with real, and repeatedly overstated, research behind it.

Why this topic Adult ADHD diagnoses, study-with-me streams and focus apps have made attention something people now think of as a trait they have.

Variants that share a paper with this

Counted in Europe PMC, where the title or abstract names both this topic and that rsID. The number is papers, not evidence of a cause.

rs6265

BDNF

Smoking behavior

26 papers →

rs1801133

MTHFR

Folate metabolism (MTHFR C677T)

7 papers →

rs2075650

APOE

Alzheimer's disease (late onset)

5 papers →

rs1229984

ADH1B

Alcohol metabolism speed

3 papers →

rs1799971

OPRM1

Opioid receptor sensitivity

3 papers →

rs1051730

CHRNA3

Smoking behavior

2 papers →

rs1801131

MTHFR

Folate metabolism (MTHFR A1298C)

2 papers →

rs671

ALDH2

Alcohol flush reaction

2 papers →

rs762551

CYP1A2

Caffeine metabolism

2 papers →

rs1800562

HFE

Iron overload risk (hereditary hemochromatosis)

1 paper →

rs2282679

GC

Vitamin D levels

1 paper →

rs4420638

APOE

LDL cholesterol

1 paper →

rs4988235

MCM6 / LCT

Lactose tolerance

1 paper →

rs560887

G6PC2

Fasting plasma glucose

1 paper →

rs9930506

FTO

Obesity-related traits

1 paper →

How this was counted

Europe PMC, title and abstract only, searched for “educational attainment”, “cognitive performance”, “academic achievement”, “working memory”, “reading ability” alongside each published rsID. Full text was not counted: it returns every paper with an rsID buried in a supplementary table. Recounted monthly.