Classic Episode: Genetics vs. Environment- Which Affects Us the Most


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Feb 10 2014 61 mins   1
How much of our personality traits, temperament, talents, health conditions, mental illness, and intelligence are controlled by our genes and how much by our environment? Which trumps in parenting: Nature vs. Nurture? What relevance does this have to us as parents? Host Dawn Davenport interviews Dr. Matt McGue, a behavioral and quantitative geneticist and director of the Minnesota Twin Study; and Dr. Kerry Jang, a Professor with the UBC Department of Psychiatry. Highlights of the show can be found here: Highlights More Creating a Family resources on nature vs. nurture can be found here. Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)