Behavioral genetics explores how genes and environment intertwine to shape intelligence, personality, and behavior. From twin studies to genome-wide association research, scientists are uncovering how ...

Specific cognitive skills like reading, math, and processing speed are strongly influenced by genetics, even when separated ...

To evaluate the putative causal relationships among BD, SZ, behavioral traits, socioeconomic factors, substance use disorders, and SA, we used a genetically informed three-step design (Fig. 1). First, ...

Suicide is a significant public health problem that usually co-occurs with major psychiatric disorders. Suicidal behaviors have heritability of 30–50%, and the largest genome-wide association studies ...

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 ...