A new scientific review suggests that OCD could be divided into five biological subtypes, revealing key clues for its ...

Working in close consultation with advocacy and outreach groups, an international group of researchers has provided the clearest evidence into the genetic underpinnings of same-sex sexual behavior.

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery leveraged two main studies - one focused on ...

Behavioral genetics is a field of scientific research that examines genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in behavior. Behavioral genetics aims to answer the fundamental ...

Recent research indicates that people who die by suicide without a prior history of suicidal behavior may possess a distinct ...

Researchers have found that the genes linked to certain behavioral traits in golden retrievers, such as trainability and fear ...

It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences in shaping behavior. Recently it has been found that genes governing behavior in the brain ...

Researchers have discovered many of the genes influencing canine behavior also shape human personality, intelligence, and ...

Researchers at the University of Utah Health have used machine learning to start making links between seemingly instinctive, random behaviors and the genetic factors that shape such behaviors. Using ...

For example, the canine gene ADD2 was associated with fear of strangers, but in humans was related to depression. A key ...

Following my May 2022 post about Elinor Karlsson’s Science article on the genetic survey of dogs through the Darwin’s Ark project, and its conclusion that a dog’s breed does not predict its behavior, ...