Predicting Personality

Presenter: Various Presenters

Published: March 2009

Age: 14-19 and upwards

Views: 3238 views

Tags: genetic personality

Type: Discussions

Source/institution: Vega

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?