Think from KERA

Nature, Nurture And The Path To Personality


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Teens take quizzes hoping to reveal what they like, adults take personality tests to find what career to pursue. The unending quest to unveil our best selves is not waning — but what does the science say about our efforts? Indiana University School of Medicine professor Bill Sullivan joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how our genetic information combines with outside forces to determine who we become, which he writes about in “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are.
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