Over the last decade, new technologies have been developed that allow us to isolate
specific genes and measure neurologi-cal functions to enable us to better determine which …

Where are the genes that influence intelligence? Researchers at Pennsylvania State
University have launched the first study attempting to answer this provocative question. The …

etics make possible studies that hold out the prospect of discovering whether there are any
specific genes that contribute to differences in IQ (R. Plomin, Pennsylvania State University) …

は偶然で, 神経線維腫症のマウスモデルを研究していたときだった. 神経線維腫症とは,
学習能力の欠如と神経組織の良性腫瘍を特徴とする一種の遺伝的障害だ. この障害の原因はある …

These pieces originally appeared as a weekly column entitled “Lessons” in The New York
Times between 1999 and 2003.[THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK …

Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Piaget early emerged as a child prodigy, publishing
significant papers in biology while still in high school. He became intrigued with the study of …

A Study of Music in Decline, he wrote thus of Russian symphonic music based on folk
origins-'... the whole trouble with a folk song is that once you have played it through there is …

An obvious requirement before embarking on molecular genetic investigation of a trait is
prior evidence from 'classic'genetic studies that there is indeed a genetic component. Many …

General cognitive ability (intelligence, often indexed by IQ scores) is one of the most highly
heritable behavioral dimensions. In an attempt to identify some of the many genes …