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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2023

Addressing genetic essentialism: Sharpening context in behavior genetics.

Brian Byrne, Richard K Olson

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Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2023. 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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Brian ByrneUniversity of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia bbyrne@une.edu.au www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/hass/bbyrne.ORCID 0000-0002-5532-9407
Richard K OlsonInstitute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA richard.olson@colorado.eduwww.colorado.edu/ibg/richard-k-olson.

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Abstract

Evidence of a causal role for genes in human behavior underpins genetic essentialism, the scientifically flawed and socially hazardous idea that heritable characteristics are immutable. Behavior geneticists can challenge this idea by designing research that brings the contextual dependence of heritability estimates into sharper focus, and by incorporating a relevant statement into research reports and public outreach.

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