TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic influences are virtually absent for trust
AU - van Lange, P.A.M.
AU - Vinkhuyzen, A.A.E.
AU - Posthuma, D.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Over the past decades, numerous twin studies have revealed moderate to high heritability estimates for individual differences in a wide range of human traits, including cognitive ability, psychiatric disorders, and personality traits. Even factors that are generally believed to be environmental in nature have been shown to be under genetic control, albeit modest. Is such heritability also present in social traits that are conceptualized as causes and consequences of social interactions or in other ways strongly shaped by behavior of other people? Here we examine a population-based sample of 1,012 twins and relatives. We show that the genetic influence on generalized trust in other people (trust-in-others: h
AB - Over the past decades, numerous twin studies have revealed moderate to high heritability estimates for individual differences in a wide range of human traits, including cognitive ability, psychiatric disorders, and personality traits. Even factors that are generally believed to be environmental in nature have been shown to be under genetic control, albeit modest. Is such heritability also present in social traits that are conceptualized as causes and consequences of social interactions or in other ways strongly shaped by behavior of other people? Here we examine a population-based sample of 1,012 twins and relatives. We show that the genetic influence on generalized trust in other people (trust-in-others: h
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0093880
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0093880
M3 - Article
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 9
SP - e93880
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 4
M1 - e93880
ER -