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#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?

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Behavioral Genetics - A Whole New World

Behavioral genetics is like medical genetics. It's the genetics of behavior. We're asking about why people differ and the extent to which inherited DNA differences make them different. Do they make us more likely to be susceptible to schizophrenia or depression? Or do they affect our personality? So it just can't be emphasized enough that we're talking about individual differences.

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