Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking (virtually) to folks in the @nmsu.edu psychology dept for their Friday Forum. Presented my work on the longitudinal dynamics of G-E interplay across cognitive development. Thanks @jgrabman.bsky.social for the invite!

In 2018, Charles Murray challenged me to a bet: "We will understand IQ genetically—I think most of the picture will have been filled in by 2025—there will still be blanks—but we’ll know basically what’s going on." It's now 2025, and I claim a win. I write about it in The Atlantic.

Prepping for @dgps.bsky.social Methods, few recent papers pushing ctsem and dynamic models in interesting directions #1 Developmental changes in twin cognitive correlation (ACE) across age, test instrument, zygosity, with @evangiangrande.bsky.social @ent3c.bsky.social et al osf.io/preprints/ps...

Philosophy <--> Science

This has become my latest pet peeve. "Causal" is sexy and creates the impression that you're uncovering mechanism(s), but "causal estimates" are often just associational and/or reliant on strong assumptions that are rarely met. E.g., CausalML applied to observational data. Cool, but...

Check out our preprint on ethical and legal considerations regarding Mendelian Imputation of missing parental genotypes! The method raises tricky questions about informed consent and potential harm. We highlight gaps in current practice and provide recommendations for researchers and IRBs.

I'm happy to share our latest manuscript "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience", coauthored with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marcus Feldman.

Combatting harmful misappropriations of behavioral genetics requires response at multiple levels, including organizational. To that end, the BGA Public Science Committee has released a Statement on the Misuse of Genetics

🚨🧬 New preprint! We tested whether PGS predicted global functioning across psychiatric hospitalization among 5991 people with schizophrenia. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Tomorrow!! Check out a great panel on the communication of polygenic score research

Deadline tomorrow!! Already shaping up to be a great issue.

🚨 2 weeks left to submit your abstract for our special issue 🚨 "Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science: Impacts and Implications" 🌏🧬 We welcome both empirical and theoretical articles that explore the broader significance of genetic research on human behavior 👇👇 link.springer.com/journal/1051...

This is the first I've heard of "palliative psychiatry," a concept that strikes me as equal parts inaccurate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful. Worth a read for Paul's insightful comments.

‼️Call for Submissions‼️ Special Issue in @apajournals.bsky.social @scpdiv12.bsky.social CPSP: "The Role of Non-Clinical Providers in Expanding Equitable Access to Effective Youth Mental Health Care" Email @randimschuster.bsky.social and I with any questions! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What do GWAS and rare variant burden tests discover, and why? Do these studies find the most IMPORTANT genes? If not, how DO they rank genes? Here we present a surprising result: these studies actually test for SPECIFICITY! A 🧵on what this means... (🧪🧬) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Love a cheeky badge ribbon @broadinstitute.org

Elsevier is (finally): "reviewing its decision to publish research papers by the late Richard Lynn, an influential figure in the discredited field of “race science” who argued western civilisation was threatened by genetically inferior ethnic groups" www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

🚨Call for submissions!🚨 We're organizing a special issue on "Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science"🧬🌍 Relevant topics include: -Public outreach and education -(Mis)use and (mis)interpretations of BG research -Ethical, legal, and social issues tinyurl.com/bgpublicscie...

New work by Andy Dahl and Michal Sadowski on using GxE to study genetics of drug response now out in Cell Genomics www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well? Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502

Important 🧵 on explosion in scientific publishing. TLDR: MDPI and its ilk have questionable practices. I continue to be surprised that this isn’t more widely known/accepted, even among some researchers I respect. The branding is shiny and legit. The quality is anything but.