Economic status, genetics together influence psychopathic traits
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 22:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers studying the genetic roots of antisocial behavior report that children with one variant of a serotonin transporter gene are more likely to exhibit psychopathic traits if they also grow up poor. Children were more likely to score high on tests for psychopathic traits if they had both low socioeconomic status and the variant gene.