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Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’?

Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’?

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Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. In her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture combine to influence our likelihood of committing crimes, and

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How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they
influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even
violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural
geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas
at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour. In
her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture combine
to influence our likelihood of committing crimes, and asks whether
the ‘cause’ of our actions matters for how we think about
culpability. Help support our independent journalism at
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