Metaphors in behavioral genetics

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-77

  Nordgren, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Cognitive semantics; Genetic determinism; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BOOK; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CODE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PEDAGOGICS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEMANTICS;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

GENETIC DETERMINISM; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; METAPHOR; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0037265311     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022912918641     Document Type: Review

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