Using genetics for social science

KP Harden, PD Koellinger - Nature human behaviour, 2020 - nature.com
Social science genetics is concerned with understanding whether, how and why genetic
differences between human beings are linked to differences in behaviours and …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

A Okbay, Y Wu, N Wang, H Jayashankar, M Bennett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome …

Self-entropic broadening theory: Toward a new understanding of self and behavior change informed by psychedelics and psychosis

HM Dourron, C Strauss, PS Hendricks… - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The extremes of human experiences, such as those occasioned by classic psychedelics and
psychosis, provide a rich contrast for understanding how components of these experiences …

Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

D Demontis, GB Walters, G Athanasiadis, R Walters… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder
with a major genetic component. Here, we present a genome-wide association study meta …

Genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

PH Lee, V Anttila, H Won, YCA Feng, J Rosenthal… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Genetic influences on psychiatric disorders transcend diagnostic boundaries, suggesting
substantial pleiotropy of contributing loci. However, the nature and mechanisms of these …

Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

R Karlsson Linnér, P Biroli, E Kong, SFW Meddens… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …

Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain

T Kaufmann, D van der Meer, NT Doan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Common risk factors for psychiatric and other brain disorders are likely to converge on
biological pathways influencing the development and maintenance of brain structure and …

Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction

PA Demange, M Malanchini, TT Mallard, P Biroli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Little is known about the genetic architecture of traits affecting educational attainment other
than cognitive ability. We used genomic structural equation modeling and prior genome …

Bivariate causal mixture model quantifies polygenic overlap between complex traits beyond genetic correlation

O Frei, D Holland, OB Smeland, AA Shadrin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence from genome wide association studies (GWAS) suggests an
abundance of shared genetic influences among complex human traits and disorders, such …

Wrestling with social and behavioral genomics: risks, potential benefits, and ethical responsibility

MN Meyer, PS Appelbaum, DJ Benjamin… - Hastings Center …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this consensus report by a diverse group of academics who conduct and/or are concerned
about social and behavioral genomics (SBG) research, the authors recount the often‐ugly …