News from September 2007
All in the genes?
Heredity versus environment, nature versus nurture: the argument over what best explains intelligence has been going strong for more than a century. It's been a nasty fight, with each side questioning the other's bona fides, and it's not just an academic squabble. What's at stake isn't simply the definition of good science but the meaning of the just society. Neuroscientists have been witness to how the architecture of the brain is transformed by experience, especially…