Believing in both genetic determinism and behavioral action: A materialist framework and implications

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 730-746

  Condit, Celeste M ^a   Gronnvoll, Marita ^b   Landau, Jamie ^a   Shen, Lijiang ^a   Wright, Lanelle ^a   Harris, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic determinism; Materialism; Neural networks; Public understanding of genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350686756     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662508094098     Document Type: Article

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