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- 1From:USA Today (Vol. 148, Issue 2897)Identical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differences in symptom severity even though they share the same DNA, according to an analysis by John Constantino, professor of psychiatry and...
- 2From:The Economist (Vol. 396, Issue 8701)Biologists have brought rigour to psychology, sociology and even economics. Now they are turning their attention to the softest science of all: management SCURRYING around the corridors of the business school at the...
- 3From:National Review (Vol. 52, Issue 1)WE, Homo sapiens, are about to learn how to alter human nature at roughly the same time that we finally learn for sure what that nature is. Our ignorance about the underlying truth of human nature has not been for...
- 4From:National Geographic (Vol. 219, Issue 3)"Hello! How are you doing?" Lyudmila Trut says, reaching down to unlatch the door of a wire cage labeled "Mavrik." We're standing between two long rows of similar crates on a farm just outside the city of...
- 5From:Newsweek (Vol. 129)Researchers have found that genes play a large role in shaping a child's emotional makeup, but a child's personality traits are also profoundly affected by his or her environment. Genetic and environmental factors...
- 6From:Science News (Vol. 175, Issue 5)"Most of us do need meaning, purpose, and moral guidance in our lives. How do we find them if we accept that evolution is the real story of our origin? That question is outside the domain of science. But evolution can...
- 7From:Newsweek (Vol. 154, Issue 23)Byline: Sharon Begley DNA takes you only so far. The pioneering genetics company deCODE and the child-development lab at the University of California, Davis, would seem to have little in common, given that the...
- 8From:The Economist (Vol. 343, Issue 8021)SEARCHING for genes that affect human behaviour is fraught with difficulties, but a group led by David Skuse at the Institute of Child Health in London seems to have come close to identifying some by studying girls who...
- 9From:Newsweek (Vol. 128, Issue 27)Women tend to view emotional infidelity as more threatening than sexual infidelity, while men are more upset about sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity. Sex differences in jealousy are increasingly being explained...
- 10From:The Christian Century (Vol. 113, Issue 5)Scientists have discovered a human gene that deals with the seeking of novelty in life. Those who have a somewhat longer version of the gene are extroverted and exploratory. Such novelty-seekers can bring a fresh...
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- 12From:Science News (Vol. 151, Issue 24)Research indicates that a gene on the X chromosome affects social intelligence. Women who inherit a damaged X chromosome from their fathers scored poorly on tests of social insight and ability to inhibit behavior. The...
- 13From:Journal for the Education of the Gifted (Vol. 28, Issue 3-4)Despite extensive research, questions underlying the nature and nurture of talent remain both numerous and diverse. In the current paper, we present an account that addresses 2 of the primary questions inspired by this...
- 14From:The Economist (Vol. 333, Issue 7886)Charles Murray's new book on genetics and intelligence, co-written by the late Richard Herrnstein, has created a sensation for its controversial views. It theorizes that intelligence is largely predicated by genetics and...
- 15From:The Economist (Vol. 324, Issue 7776)A University of Maryland conference on the genetics of criminal behavior set for Oct 1992 has been indefinitely postponed, due to opposition from those who see the proceedings as potentially racist. Critics of the...
- 16From:Spectator (Vol. 329, Issue 9767)I've been doing some thinking recently about the findings of behavioural geneticists and their implications for education policy. For instance, a study of more than 10,000 twins found that GCSE results are nearly 60 per...
- 17From:Newsweek (Vol. 127, Issue 3)Geneticists claim to have found genes that account for tendencies toward different types of behavior, but some scientists doubt the conclusions. Other research has found that stress can affect behavior such as novelty...
- 18From:Women's Health (Vol. 10, Issue 2)There's more than meets the eye when it comes to the desire to be skinny: Your genes may play a role, says a new study in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Researchers surveyed female twins and found that...
- 19From:Science News (Vol. 137, Issue 17)Getting Out From Number One Within each one of us snarls a savage, selfish beast, argued English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his 1651 treatise "Leviathan." Without the civilizing force of an absolute...
- 20From:The Economist (Vol. 334, Issue 7903)Dr. Dean Hamer's discovery that a gene might be responsible for homosexuality caused much controversy when his findings were announced in 1993. The findings are paramount in research pertaining to genetic causes of...