AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Biography

Eric Turkheimer, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. His research focuses on research methods in clinical psychology; the genetic and environmental pathways to development in families (e.g., why children raised in the same family are so different?); measurement of psychopathology, especially personality disorders; and how people describe their own personality vs. how they are seen by others. His publications include "Three laws of behavior genetics and what they mean" (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 160-164, 2000) and "Heritability and biological explanation" (Psychological Review, 105, 782-791, 1998).