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NATURE'S THUMBPRINT
The New Genetics of Personality

Peter B. Neubauer and Alexander Neubauer
Columbia University Press, 1996

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Readers should know the authors' perspective on current research on the relation of genetics to personality.

This book describes the subtle interaction between nature and nurture in the development of behaviors, traits, and disorders. It explores case studies of identical twins adopted in infancy and reared apart. It specifically takes up questions raised by THE BELL CURVE.

Peter B. Neubauer, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University, a past president of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis and former Secretary General of the International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions. He is also a founding member of the National Advisory Council for Clinical Infant Programs and the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. He is the author of more than 150 articles and several books.

Alexander Neubauer is a professional writer who teaches creative writing at the New School for Social Research.

6 CE Credits; 204 pages

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Order book or tape: $22.50. Order code NATH1
Order test: $120.00. Order code NATHT