Spending time outside, especially in green spaces like parks, is important for children’s development and well-being. Connecting with nature can even help manage some physical and mental conditions.

Are we born or made this way? Short answer: It's both. Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Are we born with our personality characteristics, or do we become who we are because of the world around us? The ...

The expression nature vs. nurture describes the question of how much a person's characteristics are formed by either nature or nurture. Nature means innate biological factors (namely genetics), while ...

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who ...

Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton ...