Predict My Future - Our Genes and Us - Making it in a Tough Environment
- nature
- Experiment
- Genes
- Genetic
- Science
- Baby
- nurture
- relationships
- personality
- temperament
- Development
- Future
- Medical
The Dunedin Study has identified a fundamental developmental mechanism that completely rewrites the nature versus nurture argument. It is a genetic switch which is thrown by life events – nature loads the gun but nurture pulls the trigger. This episode tracks the hunt for the mechanism using three specific examples - violence in men, depression, & cannabis induced schizophrenia.