New evidence reveals that behavior, including hive mentality or groupthink, may be predetermined by genetics. Generally, we consider behavior to be learned. By interacting with the world, different ...

In A Nutshell A large genetic study found significant overlap between certain psychiatric conditions and 73 physical diseases ...

I am interested in the application of the twin design and other behavioral genetic methods to understand the factors that give rise to youth mental health trajectories, particularly antisocial ...

It is not destiny, but it is not nothing either, and knowing the difference changes how you work with yourself.

Behavioral geneticists study the genetic and environmental underpinnings of psychological and many other human traits. With a decades-long history and well-established research methods, the field has ...

My research focuses on developing novel statistical methods to tackle complex problems in genetics. Currently working on modeling indirect genetic effects and incorporating familial information into ...