It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences in shaping behavior. Recently it has been found that genes governing behavior in the brain ...

Physical activity behaviour emerges from a complex interplay between inherited genetic factors and a spectrum of environmental influences. Twin and family studies have consistently demonstrated ...

A podcast episode explores the nature versus nurture debate regarding genetic influences. Behavioral geneticist Kathryn Paige ...

Physical activity behaviour emerges from a dynamic interplay between conscious intentions, automatic responses and environmental cues. Reflective processes encompass explicit beliefs about the ...

Weather, climate variability, and extreme environmental conditions can influence when, where, and how people go about their daily behaviors. Heat, rainfall, ...

A study assessing adolescents' self-reported sleep behavior and social factors unearthed a relationship between individual popularity and their sleep patterns. Adolescent sleep behavior can be better ...

Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent's own eating style influencing how they feed their children, research at Aston University has shown. The research ...

Understanding how genes influence complex behaviors remains one of biology's most fascinating challenges. Now, however, in a recent study, researchers have compiled a comprehensive dataset documenting ...

Why are adolescents so sensitive to their peers' behavior? And is this sensitivity necessarily negative, as the term peer pressure often implies? In his Ph.D. dissertation, UvA behavioral scientist ...

Conventional wisdom holds that targeting the best-connected individuals in a social network is an effective way to nudge a ...

New genomic research provides strong rationale against genetic determinism for behavior. It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences ...