Heritability is a poor, if not unhelpful, measure of complex human behavioral processes

Heritability is a poor, if not unhelpful, measure of complex human behavioral processes

Heritability is not a measure of the relative contribution of nature vis-à-vis nurture, nor is it the phenotypic variance explained by or because of genetic variance. Heritability is a correlative value. The evolutionary and developmental processes associated with human culture challenge the use of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2022-01, Vol.45, p.e162-e162, Article e162
Hauptverfasser: Fuentes, Agustín, Bird, Kevin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Causality
Culture
Genetic diversity
Genetics
Heritability
Open Peer Commentary
Phenotypic variations
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Zusammenfassung:Heritability is not a measure of the relative contribution of nature vis-à-vis nurture, nor is it the phenotypic variance explained by or because of genetic variance. Heritability is a correlative value. The evolutionary and developmental processes associated with human culture challenge the use of “heritability” for understanding human behavior.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X21001564