Biological Explanations of Everything
Miller McCune highlights a recent study suggesting that there may be some genetic basis for the intensity of a person's political beliefs.
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Betting on Risky Genes
A provocative feature in this month's Atlantic on a new way to think about genetic variations: Not as switches that confer or protect against disease risks, but as something closer to behavioral investment strategies that might offer more risk and more reward through greater sensitivity to the environment, or instead might offer more conservative strategies.
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Behavioral Genetics in the Court Room
A court in Italy has shortened the prison sentence of a convicted murderer due to the prisoner's heightened genetic predisposition for violence, according to Nature News.
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