Robert Plomin Part 2: Polygenic Scores, Clinical Psychology, and Gene Editing

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This is Part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Robert Plomin: Polygenic Scores, Clinical Psychology, and Gene Editing.

Time Links:

00:00 Making good use of polygenic scores, and issues regarding society and equality of opportunity

16:59 Science does not dictate moral nor social values

21:45 About clinical psychology, and the classification of mental conditions

37:21 Certain biases in clinical psychology, and what happens when children develop in deprived environments

44:14 Is gene editing around the corner for complex psychological traits?

48:01 How pleiotropy complicates gene editing

50:15 Follow Dr. Plomin’s work!

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