The genetic architecture of personality is robustly generalizable, minimally confounded and widely relevant to human experience.

More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived.

Nature Human Behaviour - Abdellaoui et al. synthesize genomic evidence on the link between socio-economic status and heredity. They show how social stratification may create selection pressures,...

Can society shape the human genome? What happens when people move to opportunity? Why do genes associated with educational attainment cluster geographically? And what happens to the gene pool when edu...

While some people actively play instruments, most primarily engage with music through listening. Although intervention studies consistently report pos…

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WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...

Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.

Some people call social science genetics a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.

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Abdel Abdellaoui | geneticus: Tussen genen en samenleving is een voortdurende wisselwerking gaande. „Wij mensen hebben een veel te simpel idee over hoe we in elkaar zitten.”

The first part of this review provides a brief historical background of behavior genetic research and how twin and genotype data can be utilized to st…

Here, Bignardi et al. report on a study of over 9,000 Swedish twins that indicates the ability to enjoy music is influenced by multiple partly distinct genetic factors.

Using a battery of statistical tools, Alagöz et al. examine the genetic overlap between dyslexia and rhythm impairment and shed light on how the genome influences the neural bases of human language an...

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Our new study by Alagöz et al. in Nature Human Behaviour digs into shared biological underpinnings of musical rhythm and language skills through genomic, neural, and evolutionary perspectives.

The year 2024 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share.

Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.