If you experience any difficulties in visualising the implications of equations like these . . . – could your genetic makeup be sub-optimal? They’re from a new study published in bioRxiv which examines Genetic Associations with Mathematics Tracking and Persistence in Secondary School The research project (from the Department of Psychology and Population Research Center, […]
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Do a person’s genes predict how high they will go in school? — The 3.2% solution
Scholars have wondered whether (and in some cases, assumed that) success in schools comes largely from the good genes a person inherits. A new study of scholars and their genes provides evidence that YES, IT DOES, sort of, a little bit, maybe. The study is powerful — its authors tell us exactly how powerful. The study is “Genome-wide association study […]
Consumer alert: Schizophrenic reportage on schizophrenia
Consumer beware. The past month has supplied these two items: (1) In Scientific American: ” ‘Schizophrenia Gene’ Discovery” (2) In BMJ (the publication formerly called British Medical Journal): ” ‘Schizophrenia’ does not exist”
“The more we learn, the less we understand”
“The more we learn, the less we understand,” says geneticist Steve Jones about genes and genetics, in this Lost Lecture: David Dobbs pursues this theme in the essay “Weighing The Promises Of Big Genomics“, in Buzzfeed: …“Many genes of small effect” became a sort of tepid curse. I myself prefer the stronger, more memorable phrase “Many Assorted […]