Papers Presented at the Conference

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Amanda Keller

The Source of Donations to Political and Charitable Groups ~ Abstract

Bradley Verhulst

The Structure of American Political Ideology: Disentangling the importance of psychological predispositions and socially constructions in the organization of political attitudes ~ Abstract

Christopher Chabris

Most Published SNP Associations with General Cognitive Ability Are Probably False Positives ~ Abstract

Christopher T. Dawes

COMT, Extraversion, and Partisan Attachment ~ Abstract

Colter Mitchell

The Role of Mother’s Genes and Environment in Postpartum Depression ~ Abstract

Dalton Conley

Genetic Interactions with Prenatal Social Environment: Effects on Academic and Behavioral Outcomes ~ Abstract

George Wehby

Genetic Instrumental Variable Analyses of the Effects of Smoking on BMI ~ Abstract

Hans-Peter Kohler

Identifying Causation and the Role of Endowments: The Use of Twin Studies in Economics and Behavior Genetics ~ Abstract

Hobart H. Cleveland

The use of intensive within-person data to demonstrate and specify Gene-Environment co-actions ~ Abstract

Jaime Settle

Linking Genes and Contextual Diversity: An Initial Exploration of Gene x Environment Interactions ~ Abstract

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Genes, Economics, and Happiness ~ Abstract

Jason Boardman

Stressful life events and depression ~ Abstract

Jason Fletcher

Genetic Lotteries within Families ~ Abstract

Jere Behrman

Identifying Causation and the Role of Endowments: The Use of Twin Studies in Economics and Behavior Genetics ~ Abstract

Jeremy Freese

Genetic Heritability and the Fundamental Cause Perspective on Disease ~ Abstract

Jessica Faul

Creating a National Resource for Genetic Research in Behavioral and Health Sciences ~ Abstract

Jonathan Beauchamp

A Genome Wide Association Study of Educational Attainment ~ Abstract

Kathleen Harris

The Dopamine Transporter Gene, a Spectrum of Most Common Risky Behaviors, and the Legal Status of the Behaviors ~ Abstract

Matthew Bradshaw

Gene-Environment Interplay and Life Course Health ~ Abstract

Pete Hatemi

Genome-Wide Association Liberalism and Conservativism ~ Abstract

Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn

Genetic markers and age in the Tsimane of Bolivia ~ Abstract

Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder

Genetic Markers as Instrumental Variables: An Application to Child Fat Mass and Academic Achievement ~ Abstract

Susan Short

Age at Initiation of Smoking and Nicotine Dependence ~ Abstract

Trenton G. Smith

Biological Evolution of Risk Attitudes: A Unifying Framework ~ Abstract

Whitney R. Robinson

Deconstructing Nature: on the fallacy of the Nature=genes paradigm in health research ~ Abstract