Interesting Sites for Twins and Parents
Twins World
This is a fun page that will
keep you up-to-date on twin events, contests, jokes, stories, advice, and
more.
National Organization of Mothers of Twins
This organization calls itself a
support group for parents of twins and higher multiples. The site seeks to
raise public awareness of the needs of multiple birth children, and to
provide support, advice and a social network to families of multiple birth
children.
Twin Research Sites
Mid Atlantic Twin Registry
This registry include twins born
in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. It is an excellent resource
for research, twin stories, and general information about twins. This
resource is maintained by the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia
Commonwealth College.
MIT Twins Study
The page is primarily dedicated
to the study of language development. This study is supervised by Jennifer
Ganger, the director of the University of Pittsburgh Twin Study of Language
Development.
Several Journal Article Abstracts and references
This site provides abstracts and
references to several twin study journal articles. The primary focus is the
value of twin studies for learning about genetic and environmental
influences on the development of behaviors and physical attributes.
The Twin MAPS Study
Memory,
attention, and problem solving are the primary interests of this study.
This page provides information about the progress of this project, funding,
publications, and collaboration.
The Australian Twin Registry
This useful
site provides information designed for twins and researchers. The
Australian Twin Registry encourages researchers to contact them.
International Society for Twin Studies
Information on
membership, journals, and events are available at this site.
Institute for Behavioral Genetics University of Colorado
This site
provides a variety of useful links, including some to their twin studies.