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C.H. Waddington provides conceptual framework for shifting influences of genes and environment in the development of mind

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Just a pointer to onetime University of Edinburgh Professor C.H. Waddington’s 1972 Gifford Lecture on framing the genes vs. environment debate of human behavior.  Although Waddington is famous for his work on population genetics and evolutionary change over time, several of his concepts are experiencing some resurgence in the neuroimaging and psychological development literatures these [...]

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Genes encode white matter pathways to higher intelligence

Posted in White matter, tagged , , on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Image via Wikipedia Have you ever had your butt kicked by a 12-year old girl?  OK, maybe when you were an 8-year old boy perhaps – but I mean as a grown up.  Its a humbling experience.  I know.  For once back in college, I sat for a math contest and was amazed by a [...]

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Kicking the “common disease/common variant hypothesis” while its down

Posted in COMT, tagged , , on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Image by Colin Purrington via Flickr Just piling on to the many comments on today’s NY Times profile of David Goldstein who justifiably points out a dearth of whole-genome-snp-scanning success. One interesting debate is whether natural selection had anything to do with expunging the much sought-after (impossible to find) deleterious, disorder-promoting variants (he suggests yes) [...]

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rs4570625 – this is a really cool snp – if you’re a nerd

Posted in DLPFC, Frontal cortex, TPH2, tagged , , , on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Image by TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ via Flickr Every student can recall at least one stereotypical professor who – while brilliant – kept the students amused with nervous and socially inept behavior. Let’s face it, if you’re in academia, you’re surrounded by these – uh, nerds – and, judging by the fact that you are reading (not [...]

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“Having intelligence may have its limitations, but a thin corpus callosum is not thus handicapped.”

Posted in Corpus callosum, White matter, tagged , on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Image via Wikipedia For geezers who may recall the 1994 furor over The Bell Curve, research on genetics and intelligence has a Paris-Lindsay-&-Britney-esque way of drawing media attention. Thankfully, serious research on neurobiological correlates of intelligence does not.  A recent paper from a highly regarded research team from UCLA adds more to the complex mystery [...]

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