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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2022

Genetic solutions to cultural problems?

Lesley Newson, Peter J Richerson

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Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lesley NewsonDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95618, USA. lgnewson@ucdavis.edu; pjricherson@ucdavis.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0253-241X
Peter J RichersonDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95618, USA. lgnewson@ucdavis.edu; pjricherson@ucdavis.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In theory, observed correlations between genetic information and behaviour might be useful to members of the WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) populations. Guiding young people to choose educational opportunities that best match their abilities would benefit both the individual and society. In practice, however, such choices are far more profoundly limited by the culture people have inherited than their genes.

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CultureAdolescentGeneticsHumans

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