Genes and mutations associated with neuropsychological traits

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List of genetically determined neuropsychological traits and their associated genes

Alleles : This list comprises positive, neutral and negative traits and conditions. Therefore we won't refer to risk factor like for diseases here. Correlated alleles can be either strongly associated (over 3x higher chances) or moderately associated (up to 3x higher chances) with each condition/trait.

In some cases the allele can be negatively correlated (lower chances). Depending on the testing company, sometimes A is reported as T, and G is reported as C, or vice-versa.

Testing companies :
A = 23andMe (all versions) ; A2* = 23andMe (v2 only) ; A2 = 23andMe (v2 & v3) ; A3 = 23andMe (v3 only)
B = DeCODEme
C = Family Tree DNA Family Finder
Bold letters indicate that the SNP is part of the official report, and is therefore likely to be more reliable. Only SNP's in the official report are listed for deCODEme.

Description	Chromosome	Gene	SNP	Alleles	Tested by*	Links
Emotional commitment	12	AVPR1A				Walum et al. (2008) (Press release)
Faithfulness						Green et al. (2007)
Handedness	B	LRRTM1				Francks et al. (2007)
	B	CTNNA2	rs1446109	AA, AG, GG	A, C
			rs1007371	AA, AT, TT	A
			rs723524	GG, GT, TT	A, C
Happiness	17	SLC6A4 (SERT or 5HTT)	rs25531	AA, AG, GG	A3	De Neve et al (2011), Lykken & Tellegen
			rs2020933	AA, AT, TT	A3
Hyperactivity	22	COMT	rs6269	AA, AG, GG	A	Bialecka et al. (2008)
			rs4633	CC, CT, TT	A, C
			rs4818	CC, CG, GG
			rs4680	AA, AG, GG	A, C
			rs165599	AA, AG, GG	A, C
			rs2097903
Intelligence / IQ	5	ADRB2				Bochdanovits et al. (2008)
	7	CHRM2	rs324640	AA, AG, GG	C	Link
			rs324650	AA, AT, TT	A
			rs2061174	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs2350780	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs6948054	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs7810473	AA, AG, GG	A, C
			rs1364402	CC, CT, TT	A
			rs1378646	CC, CT, TT	A, C
			rs7782965	CC, CT, TT	A3
Intelligence / IQ (cognitive abilities, attention, memory)	6	DTNBP1	rs3213207	CC, CT, TT	A
			rs760761	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs1011313	AA, AG, GG	A, C
			rs2619522	AA, AC, CC	A, C
			rs2619528	AA, AG, GG	A3
			rs2619538	AA, AT, TT	A
			rs2619539	CC, CG, GG	A3
	11	BDNF	rs6265	AA, AG, GG	A
Intelligence / IQ (non-verbal)	20	SNAP25	rs363039	CC, CT, TT	A, C
			rs363043	CC, CT, TT	A, C
			rs353016	CC, CT, TT
			rs363050	AA, AG, GG	A
Intelligence (higher IQ if breastfed)	11	FADS2	rs1535	AA, AG, GG	A	Caspi et al. (2007)
			rs174575	CC, CG, GG	A
Intelligence (learning from errors)	11	ANKK1	rs1800497	AA, AG, GG	A
Intelligence (less cognitive decline with age)	A	DISC1	rs821616	AA, AT, TT	A
	10	SIRT1	rs3758391	CC, CT, TT	A3, C
Memory	8	intergenic	rs35753505	CC, CT, TT	A, C	Papassotiropoulos et al. (2006)
Memory (verbal)	6	TNF	rs361525	AA, AG, GG	A
Memory (long-term; logical)	22	PRNP	rs1799990	AA, AG, GG	A
Memory (episodic)	A	CAMTA1	rs4908449	CC, CT, TT	A, C
	3	CLSTN2	rs6439886	AA, AG, GG	A, C
	5	KIBRA	rs17070145	CC, CT, TT	A
Memory (traumatic)	22	COMT	rs4680	AA, AG, GG	A, C	Spittoon, Reuter et al. (2008)
Migratory behaviour	11	DRD4	VNTR	7-repeat		Eisenberg et al. (2008) (review by The Economist)
Novelty-seeking behaviour	11	DRD4	rs180095	CC, CT, TT
Optimism	17	SERT (5HTT)	rs25531	AA, AG, GG	A3
Pair-bonding (+ sociability)	3	OXTR	rs7632287	AA, AG, GG	A	Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with pair-bonding and social behavior (Wallum et al.)
			rs75775	GG, GT, TT	A, C
			rs53576	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs2254298	AA, AG, GG	A
			rs237887	AA, AG, GG	A, C
Ruthlessness	12	AVPR1A				Nature
Sexual desire	11	DRD4				Ben Zion et al. (2006)
Sleeping time (later)	4	CLOCK	rs1801260	AA, AG, GG	A, C