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Genetics and Human Behaviour - When does genetics play a role in understanding human behaviour? 2002
The IV Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society was held on May 27-28 in Sandhamn.
Where does our behavior come from?
Patrick Bateson, Professor of Ethology at University of Cambridge, with a special interest in the processes that translate genetic and environmental influences into behavioral outcomes.
Abstract of Keynote Lecture
Looking for single causes of behavior, whether genetic or environmental, may yield answers of a kind, but little sense of what happens as each individual grows up. The language of nature versus nurture, or genes versus environment, gives only a feeble insight into the developmental processes that may be likened to cooking. The best that can be said of the nature/nurture split is that it provides a framework for uncovering a few of the genetic and environmental ingredients that generate differences between people. At worst, it satisfies a demand for simplicity in ways that are fundamentally misleading.
Organizers
The IVth annual Swedish symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society was arranged with financial support from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (ELSA program) and the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board.
More information:
Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics
Uppsala Science Park
SE-751 85 Uppsala
Fax +46 18 50 64 04
Josepine Fernow, Co-ordinator, josepine.fernow@crb.uu.se
