During the holiday break, my extended family (i.e., my parents and three brothers and their wives and children) got together at a large ranch house in the North Carolina mountains. We had a good time ...

There’s an age-old debate in child psychology: nature versus nurture. “Nature” argues that behavioral traits, such as our personalities, are determined by our genetic makeup. “Nurture” argues that ...

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who ...

Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton ...

An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child's success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...

Aug. 17, 2005 — -- Identical twins generally are not separated during adoptions, but Chinese officials had no record that Lily and Gillian were related at the time of their adoption in 2000. As a ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and ...

Top limited series like "Adolescence," "Disclaimer," and "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" confront the role of nature versus nurture in raising sons. During this particular TV season, it’s ...