S2E12: Nurture might be Nature

Turnabout is fair play in this episode as now Sara describes her new paper! Some developmental science research is focused on how the home environment is correlated (or co-occurs with) children’s skills, behaviors, or abilities. Sara explains that these correlations are also influenced by the shared genes between parents and their children, and that the genetic correlation may be inflating the true environmental correlation that scientists are seeking to measure. In this episode, she describes a few different ways that researchers can account for shared genetic influences in their work. The solutions range from very simple to very complex, but all are very exciting. Sara’s paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-020-00079-z and https://psyarxiv.com/j5x7g/ The developmental theory of gene-environment correlations: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6683622/ Interested in All of Us? https://allofus.nih.gov/ (you can become a participant!!) Connect with the podcast on twitter @within_between, or email us letters about developmental science at [email protected]. More episodes and podcast information at WithinandBetweenPod.com. Follow Dr. Hart on twitter @Saraannhart Follow Dr. Logan on twitter @Jarlogan. Our theme music was composed by Jason Flowers. Our logo was created by Nathan Archer. This was recorded on February 7th 2021.