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  • Study explores link between people's professions and their genetic predisposition to neuropsychiatric traits

    02/02/2025 8:04:57 AM PST · by ConservativeMind · 40 replies
    Medical Xpress / Nature Human Behaviour ^ | Jan. 16, 2025 | Ingrid Fadelli / Georgios Voloudakis et al
    Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases. In recent years, these metrics have often been used to investigate the intricate connections between genes and environmental factors. Researchers recently carried out a study aimed at determining whether neuropsychiatric polygenic scores could predict the professional categories that individuals belong to. Their findings suggest that these scores weakly predict the professional category that people belong to. Specifically, they wished to determine whether PGS scores hinting at a predisposition for specific neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder...