Genes and environment: ASU graduate student fills gap in mental health studies
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Study Finds A Bidirectional Link Between Same-sex Attraction And Psychological Distress
A new study published in Behavior Genetics provides evidence of a bidirectional relationship between same-sex attraction and psychological distress. The
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Sandra Wood Scarr, 1936–2021
APS Past President Sandra Wood Scarr, a pioneer in the study of intellectual development and a 1993 recipient of the APS James McKeen Cattell Award, died on October 6, 2021.
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Left-Wing Behavioral Genetics? A Closer Look at the Genetic Evidence in "The Cult of Smart"
In his 2020 book The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice, writer/academic Fredrik deBoer attempted to reconcile his own and others’ socialist/left political perspectives with what he saw as discoveries produced by twin and adoption “kinship” studies coming from the field of human behavioral genetics, plus recent claims of associations between some genetic variants and IQ. 1 A major theme of the book was that “academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved.” This led deBoer to propose changes in the U.S. edu...
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