TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetics and educational attainment
AU - Cesarini, David
AU - Visscher, Peter M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - We explore how advances in our understanding of the genetics of complex traits such as educational attainment could constructively be leveraged to advance research on education and learning. We discuss concepts and misconceptions about genetic findings with regard to causes, consequences, and policy. Our main thesis is that educational attainment as a measure that varies between individuals in a population can be subject to exactly the same experimental biological designs as other outcomes, for example, those studied in epidemiology and medical sciences, and the same caveats about interpretation and implication apply.
AB - We explore how advances in our understanding of the genetics of complex traits such as educational attainment could constructively be leveraged to advance research on education and learning. We discuss concepts and misconceptions about genetic findings with regard to causes, consequences, and policy. Our main thesis is that educational attainment as a measure that varies between individuals in a population can be subject to exactly the same experimental biological designs as other outcomes, for example, those studied in epidemiology and medical sciences, and the same caveats about interpretation and implication apply.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41539-017-0005-6
DO - 10.1038/s41539-017-0005-6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85105546793
SN - 2056-7936
VL - 2
JO - npj Science of Learning
JF - npj Science of Learning
IS - 1
M1 - 4
ER -