Predicting Personality

Presenter: Various Presenters
Published: March 2009
Age: 14-19 and upwards
Views: 3236 views
Tags: genetic personality
Type: Discussions
Source/institution: Vega
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To what extent is our personality dictated by our genetic makeup? Groundbreaking new research in the fields of genetics and MRI Scanning are only now making it possible to tackle these questions, and the results are sometimes surprising. What makes us who we are? Do we inherit our personality, like the colour of our eyes? To what extent should science predict our behaviour through looking at our genes?