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Personality and mental health: Genetic or environmental?


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How much influence do our genes and environment have on our personality traits and certain mental health conditions? Professor Nick Martin discusses where we’re at in the age-old nature versus nurture debate.  Nick is the head of the Genetic Epidemiology Research Group at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. He has spent decades studying twins to understand genetic and environmental influences on personality and mental health.

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