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	Chayna Davis Psychology, PhD candidate My research interests include the etiology of reading disability from a quantitative genetics perspective, employing twin and linkage methodologies, and the investigation of cognitive correlates of reading disability, such as rapid naming of colors, numbers, objects, and letters. More Student Profiles