Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature Export

@article{citeulike:3488491, abstract = {In the past 50 years, biologists have learned a tremendous amount about human brain function and its genetic basis. At the same time, political scientists have been intensively studying the effect of the social and institutional environment on mass political attitudes and behaviors. However, these separate fields of inquiry are subject to inherent limitations that may only be resolved through collaboration across disciplines. We describe recent advances and argue that biologists and political scientists must work together to advance a new science of human nature. 10.1126/science.1158188}, author = {Fowler, James H. and Schreiber, Darren}, citeulike-article-id = {3488491}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158188}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5903/912}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18988845}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18988845}, day = {7}, doi = {10.1126/science.1158188}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {biology, genetic, politic, social, social-science, society}, month = {November}, number = {5903}, pages = {912--914}, posted-at = {2008-11-13 08:39:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158188}, volume = {322}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3488491 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3488491 N2 - In the past 50 years, biologists have learned a tremendous amount about human brain function and its genetic basis. At the same time, political scientists have been intensively studying the effect of the social and institutional environment on mass political attitudes and behaviors. However, these separate fields of inquiry are subject to inherent limitations that may only be resolved through collaboration across disciplines. We describe recent advances and argue that biologists and political scientists must work together to advance a new science of human nature. 10.1126/science.1158188 IS - 5903 JF - Science EP - 914 TI - Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature VL - 322 SP - 912 KW - biology KW - genetic KW - politic KW - social KW - social-science KW - society AU - Fowler, James AU - Schreiber, Darren PY - 2008/11/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158188 ER -