A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' are the mechanism by which many introns spread within and between species, also providing evidence of eight instances in which ...

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code ...

You’re not a blank slate or a prisoner of your genes. This post explores how ancestry and environment shape where—and how—you ...

Computational psychiatry is an interdisciplinary field of research that applies computational methods to the early detection ...

For both educational and mental health-related outcomes, indirect genetic influences were stronger in early childhood. Co-investigator Dr. José J. Morosoli (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said, ...

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has named Donald J. Bearden, PhD, ABPP-CN, its first chief of Pediatric Psychology and Behavioral Health. Dr. Bearden will be an associate professor at the ...

nurture remains a central question in psychology ... and experience interact to shape human behavior. If the symptoms of ADHD were solely based on genetics, then we would expect the heritability ...

While current treatments are largely guided by the genetic makeup of a patient's tumor ... expressed and how proteins-key drivers of cancer behavior-are produced and modified in tumors.