Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether genes are able to compromise between their competing interests can have consequences for development. pressureUA/iStock ...

LONDON — A report released on October 2 by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics assesses the influence of genetics on patterns of behavior. It calls for intelligent use and regulation of genetics. The ...

Am I at risk for developing an alcohol use disorder? Is my child? How would I know? These are questions frequently posed to me as the director of one of the largest addiction research centers in the ...

As parents, we care a lot about our children’s behavior; we want to shape our children into responsible, kind, productive human beings. But very often we ignore one of the biggest things shaping our ...

In the Republic Book II Plato is addressing paradoxes of human behavior and finds the solution by saying an integral part of human nature is dog-like. Our inner dog seeks belonging and craves to ...

The study provides a comprehensive behavioral dataset of Drosophila melanogaster, categorized by genetic background, sex, and social context (isolated or in groups). Beyond enabling detailed analyses ...

This discussion explores the uncomfortable intersection between genetics and behavior, focusing on whether biology can ...

How we explore our world with our eyes can influence everything from social interaction to learning. In a study published in Current Biology researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that our eye ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As a species, humans like to think that we are fully in control of our decisions and behavior. But just below the surface, forces beyond our conscious control influence how we think ...