608 research outputs found
Nature's Great Experiment
No full textThis project was funded by an AHRC Small Grant in the Creative & Performing Arts (2006) and a Wellcome Trust Sciart Grant (2006). Baseman worked with renowned behavioural geneticist Professor Terrie Moffitt to create three films that question the study of twins and how they help our knowledge and understanding of mankind and humanity. This is the first time that an artist has worked within the Institute of Psychiatry and in collaboration with Professor Terrie Moffitt and the Twins Early Development Studies Research Team.
In the work ‘Tape 1 Tape 2’ we hear a mother describe her very difficult relationship with her identical twin children. This film is based on an original recording made by a research worker from the Twin Studies Research Team. In the work ‘Laws of Variation’ we hear Professor Moffitt discuss ideas around importance of variation in human behaviour, while we see a re-edited version of a 16mm medical training film from 1957. ‘Nature’s Great Experiment’ features Lisa Cant, a member of the Twin Studies Research Team, describing her experience conducting interviews with the mothers of twins and the twins themselves, within their homes.
The films have been screened nationally and internationally, including The Wellcome Collection, London (2007), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2007), the Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle (2007) and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (2007). The research has been disseminated through conferences and lectures, including a lecture at the Darwin Symposium, Shrewsbury Art Centre, organized by Tom Shakespeare in July 2006, a screening and panel discussion (with Dr. Shakespeare and Professor Moffitt) at The Wellcome Collection in May 2007 and a dedicated website launched in May 2007
ABANDON TWIN RESEARCH? EMBRACE EPIGENETIC RESEARCH? PREMATURE ADVICE FOR CRIMINOLOGISTS∗
No full textIn their original article, Burt and Simons (2014) argued that heritability studies should be abandoned because twin and adoption research is a fatally flawed paradigm. They pointed optimistically to epigenetics research as the way forward. In our view, both rec-ommendations are hasty. This commentary will put forward two contrarian opinions. First, twin and adoption studies still have a lot to offer criminologists who seek the social causes of crime. Second, epigenetics research has very little to offer yet for criminologists who seek the social causes of crime. WHAT CAN TWIN AND ADOPTION RESEARCH OFFER CRIMINOLOGISTS? Twin and adoption studies are informative about environmental crime causation. In 2005, Terrie E. Moffitt reviewed the contribution of twin and adoption research to the study of antisocial behavior in a paper titled, “The New Look of Behavioral Genetics,” which subsequently became the basis of a lecture for the Stockholm Criminology Prize (Moffitt, 2005a; see also Moffitt, 2005b). The message was that the most remarkable con-tribution of behavioral genetic studies to science is the robust and compelling evidenc
sj-docx-1-pps-10.1177_17456916231178716 – Supplemental material for Worldwide Well-Being: Simulated Twins Reveal Genetic and (Hidden) Environmental Influences
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pps-10.1177_17456916231178716 for Worldwide Well-Being: Simulated Twins Reveal Genetic and (Hidden) Environmental Influences by Espen Røysamb, Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Eivind Ystrøm and Ragnhild Bang Nes in Perspectives on Psychological Science</p
sj-pdf-2-cpx-10.1177_21677026221147872 – Supplemental material for The General Factor of Psychopathology (p): Choosing Among Competing Models and Interpreting p
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cpx-10.1177_21677026221147872 for The General Factor of Psychopathology (p): Choosing Among Competing Models and Interpreting p by Avshalom Caspi, Renate M. Houts, Helen L. Fisher, Andrea Danese and Terrie E. Moffitt in Clinical Psychological Science</p
sj-docx-1-cpx-10.1177_21677026221147872 – Supplemental material for The General Factor of Psychopathology (p): Choosing Among Competing Models and Interpreting p
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpx-10.1177_21677026221147872 for The General Factor of Psychopathology (p): Choosing Among Competing Models and Interpreting p by Avshalom Caspi, Renate M. Houts, Helen L. Fisher, Andrea Danese and Terrie E. Moffitt in Clinical Psychological Science</p
ArseneaultSupplementalMaterial_rev – Supplemental material for Loneliness and Neighborhood Characteristics: A Multi-Informant, Nationally Representative Study of Young Adults
No full textSupplemental material, ArseneaultSupplementalMaterial_rev for Loneliness and Neighborhood Characteristics: A Multi-Informant, Nationally Representative Study of Young Adults by Timothy Matthews, Candice L. Odgers, Andrea Danese, Helen L. Fisher, Joanne B. Newbury, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt and Louise Arseneault in Psychological Science</p
The Adolescence-Limited/Life-Course Persistent Theory of Antisocial Behavior: What Have We Learned?
No full textThis chapter reviews ten years of research on a developmental theory that proposes the existence of two primary pathways to antisocial behavior, the life-course persistent (LCP) and adolescence-limited (AL) pathways. The AL/LCP model of offending is a synthesized theory that draws on both biological and social learning variables, and was first proposed in 1993 in a paper published in Psychological Review (Moffittm,1993). This paper contained a number of research strategies and suggestions for testing hypotheses derived from the theory and described predictions about epidemiology, age, social class, risk correlates, offense types, desistence from crime, abstainers from crime, and the longitudinal stability of antisocial behavior. The theory posits that the antisocial behavior of LCP offenders has its origin in neurodevelopmental processes, that it begins in early chilhood, and continues worsening thereafter. In contrast, the antisocial behavior of AL offenders has its origins in social processes, begins in adolescence, and ceases for the vast majority in young adulthood. LCP offenders are few, persistent, and pathological; AL offenders are common, relatively transient, and are relatively normal (Moffitt, 1993; Moffitt, 1994; Moffitt, 1997)
Table_S3 – Supplemental material for Persistent Cannabis Dependence and Alcohol Dependence Represent Risks for Midlife Economic and Social Problems
No full textSupplemental material, Table_S3 for Persistent Cannabis Dependence and Alcohol Dependence Represent Risks for Midlife Economic and Social Problems by Magdalena Cerdá, Terrie E. Moffitt, Madeline H. Meier, HonaLee Harrington, Renate Houts, Sandhya Ramrakha, Sean Hogan, Richie Poulton and Avshalom Caspi in Clinical Psychological Science</p
sj-docx-1-cpx-10.1177_21677026231220337 – Supplemental material for The Continuity of Adversity: Negative Emotionality Links Early Life Adversity With Adult Stressful Life Events
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpx-10.1177_21677026231220337 for The Continuity of Adversity: Negative Emotionality Links Early Life Adversity With Adult Stressful Life Events by Grace M. Brennan, Terrie E. Moffitt, Kyle J. Bourassa, HonaLee Harrington, Sean Hogan, Renate M. Houts, Richie Poulton, Sandhya Ramrakha and Avshalom Caspi in Clinical Psychological Science</p
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