Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Key Takeaways Both nature (genetics) and nurture (environment) play a role in shaping who we ...

An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child's success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or ...

During the holiday break, my extended family (i.e., my parents and three brothers and their wives and children) got together at a large ranch house in the North Carolina mountains. We had a good time ...

The question of whether human behavior is driven by innate biological forces or the product of our learning and environment has been a popular discussion at cocktail parties and scientific conferences ...

There has been some debate for many years about which has more influence on us, nature or nurture — nature being the ...