Genetics: Behavior Books

New and Published Books

1. Experience and Development

   A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr

   Edited by Kathleen McCartney, Richard A. Weinberg

   Series: Modern Pioneers in Psychological Science: An APS-Psychology Press Series

   The scope of these chapters reflects the strong influence that Sandra Wood Scarr’s scholarship—her empirical research and theoretical contributions—has had on what we know about experience and development via the lens of the psychological sciences, especially the fields of developmental psychology,...

   Published June 24th 2009 by Psychology Press
2. Mating Intelligence

   Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System

   Edited by Glenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller

   Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface, by examining both universal and...

   Published July 19th 2007 by Psychology Press
3. The Dyslexic Brain

   New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery

   Edited by Glenn D. Rosen

   Series: Extraordinary Brain Series

   The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery offers a state-of-the art examination of the neural components and functions involved in reading and in the possible sources of breakdown. Suggestions for intervention are introduced throughout the book. The book is based on...

   Published January 23rd 2006 by Psychology Press
4. The Connections Between Language and Reading Disabilities

   Edited by Hugh W. Catts, Alan G. Kamhi

   This is an edited book based on papers presented at a 2003 invitee-only conference under the sponsorship of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas. The participants were prominent scholars in the areas of language and reading, and have research programs funded by NIH and...

   Published December 26th 2004 by Psychology Press
5. Attention, Genes and ADHD

   Edited by Florence Levy, David Hay

   Recent advances in genetic methodology are providing important aetiological and developmental information to the growing literature on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related conditions. Attention, Genes and ADHD is the first book to review and integrate both behaviour-genetic...

   Published November 13th 2002 by Psychology Press