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Wiring the Brain
Added: August 29, 2010
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The New Eugenics – same as the Old Eugenics?
Did I miss a memo? Has eugenics somehow become respectable again? SourceThere has been a lot of talk lately, in the blogosphere at least (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), about the idea of using molecular genetics to predict and select for higher intelligence in huma
The genetics of emergent phenotypes
SourceWhy are some brain disorders so common? Schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy each affect about 1% of the world’s population, over their lifetimes. Why are the specific phenotypes associated with those conditions so frequent? More generally, why
Genes, brains and human nature; the joys and challenges of writing about science for non-scientists.
This post first appeared as part of a SpotOn NYC special event on Communication and the Brain (March 2013), on nature.com.
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