Genetic predispositions and environmental influences both play an important role in
adolescent externalizing behavior; however, they are not always independent. To elucidate …

Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional,
behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children's development. In this …

In this paper we offer a new perspective on the relations between attachment and
intelligence, a topic that has received relatively little attention in the recent decades of …

Polygenic scores (PGS) are increasingly being used for prediction of social and behavioral
traits, but suffer from many methodological, theoretical, and ethical concerns that profoundly …

In one of the first papers on the impact of early-life conditions on individuals' health in older
age, Barker and Osmond [Lancet, 327, 1077–1081 (1986)] show a strong positive …

Developmental cascades describe how systems of development interact and influence one
another to shape human development across the lifespan. Despite its popularity …

Background Whilst genetic and environmental risk factors for schizophrenia (SCZ) and
major depressive disorder (MDD) have been established, it is unclear whether exposure to …

Inhibitory control skills are important for academic outcomes across childhood, but it is
unknown whether inhibitory control is implicated in the association between genetic …

The integration of genetic data within large-scale social and health surveys provides new
opportunities to test long-standing theories of parental investments in children and within …

Individual differences in child and adolescent social development are due to a combination
of variation in genetic propensity and environmental conditions. That is, variation in social …