Polygenic scores and social science
Veit, W. & Browning, H.
(2023).
Polygenic scores and social science.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002345
(2023).
Polygenic scores and social science.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002345
It is a hotly contested issue whether polygenic scores should play a major role in the social sciences. Here, we defend a methodologically pluralist stance in which sociogenomics should abandon its hype and recognize that it suffers from all the methodological difficulties of the social sciences, yet nevertheless maintain an optimistic stance toward a more cautious use.
