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Apr 5, 2023 · While the genetic instructions a child inherits from their parents may set out a road map for development, the environment can impact how these directions are expressed, shaped, or even silenced. The complex interaction of nature and nurture does not just occur at certain moments or at certain periods of time; it is persistent and lifelong.
• Child development is a foundation for community development and economic development, as capable children become the foundation of a prosperous and sustainable society. • Brains are built over time. • The interactive influences of genes and experience literally shape the architecture of the developing brain, and the active ingredient is ...
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Spread the loveWhile there are many nuances to the nature vs. nurture debate surrounding child development and the human experience in general – like we talked about in this article – it’s no doubt that genes form the basis of just about everything. To briefly touch on the nurture side of the conversation, our environment – i.e., how and where we are raised, the beliefs of the ...
have expected genetic variants identified in GWAS to influence individual development directly; for example, perhaps variants identified in the GWAS for educational attainment relate to brain development. However, emerging evidence —from studies of genotyped parents and children—indicates that genetic vari-
Jan 26, 2021 · Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children’s development. In this article, we review the latest advances in genomics—genome-wide association studies and the polygenic scores that have come out of them—and discuss how these techniques can be leveraged to shed light on ...
- Emma Armstrong-Carter, Jasmin Wertz, Benjamin W. Domingue, Benjamin W. Domingue
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influences—children’s experiences—actually affect the expression of their genes. This means the old idea that genes are “set in stone” has been disproven. Nature vs. Nurture is no longer a debate. It’s nearly always both! The genes children inherit from their biological parents provide information that guides their development. For ...
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Bronfenbrenner famously described child development research as ‘the science of the behaviour of children in strange situations with strange adults’ (1974, p.3). Bronfenbrenner’s major contribution to theory was his ecological approach to child development, revised and refined over more than 50 years. The ecological approach is
