Polygenic scores and social science

Veit, Walter and Browning, Heather (2023) Polygenic scores and social science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, [e229]. (doi:10.1017/S0140525X22002345).

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Abstract

It is a hotly contested issue whether polygenic scores should play a major role in the social sciences. Here, we defend a methodologically pluralist stance in which sociogenomics should abandon its hype and recognize that it suffers from all the methodological difficulties of the social sciences, yet nevertheless maintain an optimistic stance toward a more cautious use.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 11 September 2023

Published date: 11 September 2023

Additional Information: Funding Information: W.V.'s research was supported under Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project number FL170100160).

Keywords: Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance, Social Sciences