The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 304-312

  Chabris, Christopher F ^a   Lee, James J ^b   Cesarini, David ^c   Benjamin, Daniel J ^d,e   Laibson, David I ^f  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior genetics; genome wide association studies; individual differences; molecular genetics; polygenic architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939231732     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721415580430     Document Type: Article

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