Nature vs Nurture

JOIN THE DEBATE: Are Geniuses Born, Or Made?

Posted 04.04.2012

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Do genes make the genius? Or is it really true that practice is what puts people in Carnegie Hall? Some argue that the the seeds of genius are plan...

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Babies Know Physics? What Study Shows

Posted 03.26.2012

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Joseph Castro, LiveScience Staff Writer 01/24/2012 06:22 PM EST LiveScience Infants as young as 2 months old already have basic knowledge of "...

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Is God in Our Genes?

Margaret Weinberg | Posted 03.04.2012

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If being spiritual can make people healthier and bring them together, then it wouldn't matter if God was in our genes or up in the sky, it would be the act of believing itself that was important.

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Hug the Monkey

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 02.20.2012

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Feeling understood, valued and cherished -- whether as a child or an adult, and with regard to another person or to a group -- may not be a life and death matter, but it certainly affects one's happiness and effectiveness.

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Does Getting Older Always Mean Getting Weaker?

The Globe And Mail | Posted 12.24.2011

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It's the chicken-and-egg question of aging: Do we become less active as we get older because our bodies start to break down, or do our bodies start to...

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A Story Of Contrasting Parallels: Politics Vs Gang Violence For Two Michaels

The Denver Post | Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 09.17.2011

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The Rev. Leon Kelly often tells a cautionary tale of two Michaels who grew up in Denver in the 1980s -- one ended up in an early grave and the other w...

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Eating Disorder Causation: A Call For More Research

Judith Brisman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.03.2011

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I don't think we will ever be able to know exactly why an eating disorder develops in one person and not another. However, I do think it always helps to be curious about one's family -- whether there is an eating disorder crisis or not.

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8 Surprising Facts To Put The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate To Rest

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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I teamed up with the well-known developmental psychologist David S. Moore to list eight facts about genes, twin studies and the heritability statistic that may come as a surprise to many people, even biologists!

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Is There a Genie in the Genome?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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My own hope for genomic advances lingers. But at its best, that hope was and is a small flicker in comparison to the luminous promise of lifestyle.

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What Genetics Can, and Can't, Tell Us

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

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We have emerged into the post-genetic-inheritance era, where we are facing the limitations on what our DNA can tell us about ourselves and how we can modify our lives.

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Nurture Vs. Nature: Which Determines Our Personality More?

Brian Gresko | Posted 11.17.2011

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I am actually a good case study in this regard, having been brought up by a man who is not my biological father.

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Can You Change Your Personality?

Posted 11.17.2011

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It's an age-old question: can we change the personalities we're born with? Now, a new study from the University of California Riverside is weighing in...

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How You Nuture Your Health Could Change Your Genetic Nature

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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What this study suggests is quite provocative enough for now: take good enough care of yourself, and even your genes will get a makeover.

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The Tyranny of the Body in the Quest for Spiritual Life

Eric Simpson | Posted 05.25.2011

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When physical appetites obscure the human spirit, we enter the chaos of interior and exterior conflict, addiction, enslavement, and hypocrisy.

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A Tribute to Mothers

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

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What is there to achieve in 'happiness' if we are at peace, contented, and fulfilled? Isn't life enhanced when we feel contented and fulfilled, backed by a positive attitude and positive outlook on life?

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Nature and That's It

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 11.17.2011

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"Nurture" doesn't really exist. It's simply expressed "nature." Where's my evidence? I don't have any. I offer my opinion unencumbered by study or research. I have no patience for that stuff.

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Shark Attack!

Dave Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Australian Eric Nerhus had half his body inside a shark's mouth, which is kind of gross and also really bad for Eric Nerhus because -- as seafaring attack animals go, sharks are pretty much the worst.

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Gay Marriage is Natural

Paul J. Zak | Posted 05.25.2011

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Much of the anti-gay-marriage argument rests on two assumptions: Life-long exclusive mate-bonding for purpose of rearing offspring is natural, and homosexuality is not. Both have little basis in fact.

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