Brain Development: Nature Vs Nurture Flashcards
1
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What is nature vs nurture debate
A
Involved looking at how our genes and environ influence brain structure, some purely genetic eg huntingtons disease and some purely due to environ eg schizophrenia due to cannabis use
2
Q
Why is it hard to investigate nature vs nurture
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-genetic and environ factors interact so difficult to know which one main influence
-lots of dif genes and environ factors to investigate
-would need to eliminate all environ influences to investigate role of genetics, difficult to do
