OBJECTIVE: The authors examined effects of a triallelic functional polymorphism of the
human serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) on in vivo expression of …

Infant temperament is theorized to have a strong genetic basis. Yet, studies of the stability of
temperament and molecular genetics research on temperament have revealed inconsistent …

In what ways, and to what extent, is social cognition distinguished from cognition in general?
And how do data from cognitive neuroscience speak to this question? I review recent …

The personality traits constraint (CN) and negative emotionality (NE) have been more (CN)
or less (NE) consistently associated with alcoholism. The authors examined the association …

Objective: Although it is well established that depressive symptoms are associated with
recurrent cardiac events among cardiac patients and novel cardiac events among …

Developmental psychopathology is an integrative discipline, wherein principles from
classical developmental theory are applied to investigate clinical and psychiatric …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the potential association of the
serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and childhood aggression by testing the 5-HTT variable …

In recent decades there has been a heightened interest in the origins and development of
caring behaviors, and on factors that contribute to individual differences in these patterns …

Previous studies have related attachment disorganization in children to either dopamine D4
receptor polymorphisms or maternal unresolved loss or trauma and frightening or …

The study of the genetics of complex behaviors has evolved dramatically from the days of
the nature versus nurture debates that dominated much of the past century. Here we discuss …