Background Economic games observe social decision making in the laboratory that involves
real money payoffs. Previously we have shown that allocation of funds in the Dictator Game …

In the last 2 years, the effort to identify genes affecting common diseases and complex traits
has been accelerated through the use of genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The …

Asthma, a chronic airway disease with known heritability, affects more than 300 million
people around the world. A genome-wide association (GWA) study of asthma with 359 …

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis that damages the coronary arteries in 25% of
untreated and approximately 5% of treated children. Epidemiologic data suggest that KD is …

Rolandic epilepsy (RE) is the most common human epilepsy, affecting children between 3
and 12 years of age, boys more often than girls (3: 2). Focal sharp waves in the …

Alcohol dependence frequently co-occurs with cigarette smoking, another common addictive
behavior. Evidence from genetic studies demonstrates that alcohol dependence and …

Approximately 20% of persons living in areas hyperendemic for tuberculosis (TB) display
persistent lack of tuberculin skin test (TST) reactivity and appear to be naturally resistant to …

Artistic creativity forms the basis of music culture and music industry. Composing,
improvising and arranging music are complex creative functions of the human brain, which …

Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts are a common complex birth defect caused by genetic and
environmental factors and/or their interactions. A previous genome-wide linkage scan …

Objectives: Non-syndromic orofacial clefts, ie cleft lip (CL) and cleft palate (CP), are among
the most common birth defects. The goal of this study was to identify genomic regions and …