Genes linked to stuttering identified
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 03:42
in Psychology & Sociology
The genes are the first to be associated with the speech impediment that affects as many as 1% of adults. Experts say the finding should relieve guilt feelings in parents who think they are at fault. Government researchers have discovered the first genes linked to stuttering -- a complex of three mutated genes that may be responsible for one in every 11 stuttering...