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No more nature versus nurture

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 2, 2009
Post category:Evolution Science
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The next time you hear people arguing about nature versus nurture in the area of neuroscience, tell them to cut it out. Nature versus nurture is no longer a meaningful debate, according to Mriganka Sur, wriging in the Dec 12, 2008 edition of Science (available online only to subscribers): Among…

Carl Craver’s case for integrative neuroscience instead of reductionism

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:August 17, 2008
Post category:Evolution Medicine Psychology Cognition Science
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As I mentioned in two previous posts (here and here), I recently had the opportunity to attend several of the sessions of the “Future Directions in Genetic Studies” workshop at Washington University in St. Louis. One of the speakers was Carl Craver of Washington University. Craver's talk was titled, "The…

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