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Discarding Ideology: The Nature/Nurture Endgame
Author(s) -
Mohr Wanda K.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2003.00113.x
Subject(s) - nature versus nurture , psychology , ideology , perspective (graphical) , neuroscience , cognitive science , developmental psychology , biology , genetics , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , computer science , law
TOPIC The concepts and research that underpin our understanding of how the brain is the organ of the mind. PURPOSE To describe the dynamic nature of nervous system functioning and development; to discuss how the nervous system changes anatomically throughout the lifespan; to examine the vital role and interaction of genetics and environment; and to discuss the relationship among the brain, neurotransmission, genes, and psychiatric illness. SOURCES Published literature. CONCLUSIONS The latest research from the neurosciences lays to rest any suggestion that psychiatric illnesses are psychologically induced.