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Research overview · 7 min
Genetics and behaviour
Personality genetics: an enormous sample, but no “character genes”
The largest GWAS of Big Five traits reveals the polygenic architecture of personality—and the limits of genetic predictions.
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Psychobiology
Neuron and glia: a living system, not a solitary cell
Why the brain cannot be understood by studying neurons alone, and what different glial cells do.
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Data analysis
Mean and standard deviation: centre and spread
How two measures describe data together, and why standard deviation should not be interpreted without the mean.
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Does knowing the causes of our behaviour change the degree of personal responsibility?
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