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Behavioral Genetics on the Brink: A Review of Eric Turkheimer’s Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate

2025-03-17

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<p>The author reviews psychologist Eric Turkheimer’s 2024 book "Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate." Turkheimer is known for taking a critical position within the field of behavioral genetics. While mentioning several important limitations, Turkheimer upholds the validity of the heritability concept, twin studies, and adoption studies. The author notes that “heritability” is a disputed concept, and briefly de...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/u35nj_v2

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