Birth’s Role In Our Behavior

Our understanding of how genes influence what we do and why we do it continues to evolve. "Initially, people thought that our behavior was influenced by a few genes with very large effects," says Aysu Okbay, assistant professor of psychiatry and complex trait genetics at Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. "That has been debunked."

For the fully story, including recent evidence on how our birth shapes our behavior, go here for the BBC study analysis.