Both nature (genetics) and nurture (environment) play a role in shaping who we are, and their interaction is often the most influential factor in a person's development. Mental health can be ...

A scholarly exchange published in Epigenetics Communications has reignited one of the most consequential debates in modern ...

For years, researchers have debated how our brains consistently develop areas specialized for recognizing faces, objects, words, and places, despite individuals having vastly different life ...

Care, encouragement and support are given to someone or something while growing, and studies seem to show that nurture is more important than nature in shaping a child’s character. Nature is a proper ...

A scholarly exchange over the future of epigenetics has crystallized into a deceptively simple question: must scientists ...

The question of whether human behavior is driven by innate biological forces or the product of our learning and environment has been a popular discussion at cocktail parties and scientific conferences ...

Blame it on your parents (nature). Blame it on your friends (nurture). But, in truth, you can probably blame your personality on both. Is the development of human personalities the result of inherited ...

It is hard to read any article or book about what ails children today without encountering a discussion of “ACEs,” or “adverse childhood experiences.” Doctors, teachers, therapists, and pundits now ...

How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that the ...

There’s an age-old debate in child psychology: nature versus nurture. “Nature” argues that behavioral traits, such as our personalities, are determined by our genetic makeup. “Nurture” argues that ...

Richard Overy is an accomplished British historian of World War II. His “Why War?” is a brisk and wide-ranging survey of the academic literature since Einstein wrote to Freud. Mr. Overy explains our ...