Genes and sales

S Gong, Q Li, S Su, J Zhang - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper presents one of the first marketing applications of molecular genetics. We report
evidence that salespeople's genetic variants linked to educational attainment predict sales …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond questionable research methods: The role of omitted relevant research in the credibility of research.

FL Schmidt - Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Governments often base social intervention programs on studies done by psychologists and
other social scientists. Often these studies fail to mention other research suggesting that …

[HTML][HTML] What genome-wide association studies reveal about the association between intelligence and physical health, illness, and mortality

IJ Deary, SE Harris, WD Hill - Current opinion in psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
The associations between higher intelligence test scores from early life and later good
health, fewer illnesses, and longer life are recent discoveries. Researchers are mapping the …

Polygenic predictors of age-related decline in cognitive ability

SJ Ritchie, WD Hill, RE Marioni, G Davies… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Polygenic scores can be used to distil the knowledge gained in genome-wide association
studies for prediction of health, lifestyle, and psychological factors in independent samples …

The earliest origins of genetic nurture: The prenatal environment mediates the association between maternal genetics and child development

E Armstrong-Carter, S Trejo, LJB Hill… - Psychological …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Observed genetic associations with educational attainment may be due to direct or indirect
genetic influences. Recent work highlights genetic nurture, the potential effect of parents' …

Early life stress modulates the genetic influence on brain structure and cognitive function in children

HH Wang, SY Moon, H Kim, G Kim, WY Ahn, YY Joo… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The enduring influence of early life stress (ELS) on brain and cognitive development has
been widely acknowledged, yet the precise mechanisms underlying this association remain …

The role of parental genotype in predicting offspring years of education: Evidence for genetic nurture

EA Willoughby, M McGue, WG Iacono… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Similarities between parent and offspring are widespread in psychology; however, shared
genetic variants often confound causal inference for offspring outcomes. A polygenic score …

Neither nature nor nurture: Using extended pedigree data to understand indirect genetic effects on offspring educational outcomes

MG Nivard, D Belsky, KP Harden, T Baier… - 2022 - osf.io
Abstract Families transmit genes and environments across generations. When parents'
genetics affect their children's environments, these two modes of inheritance can become …

Genome-wide polygenic scores predict reading performance throughout the school years

S Selzam, PS Dale, RK Wagner… - Scientific Studies of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
It is now possible to create individual-specific genetic scores, called genome-wide polygenic
scores (GPS). We used a GPS for years of education (EduYears) to predict reading …

The economics and econometrics of gene-environment interplay

P Biroli, TJ Galama, S von Hinke… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Economists and social scientists have debated the relative importance of nature (one's
genes) and nurture (one's environment) for decades, if not centuries. This debate can now …