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Where not to look for targets of social reforms and interventions, according to behavioral genetics.

Nikolai Haahjem EftedalLotte Thomsen
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2023)
Behavioral genetics typically finds that the so-called shared environment contributes little or nothing to explaining within-population variation on most traits. If true, this has important implications for where not to look for good targets of interventions: Namely all things that are within the normal range of variation from one rearing environment to the next in that population.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
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