Both are needed, argues Agustin Fuentes ... human experience as unconnected to biology and evolutionary history is equally misguided. Data from a vast array of sources tell us that we need ...

nurture” has been framed as a debate between those who argue for the dominance of one source of influence or the other, but contemporary experts acknowledge that both “nature” and “nurture ...

Instead, both factors play a critical role in who we are and who we become. Not only that but nature and nurture interact with each other in important ways all throughout our lifespan. As a result ...

Yet while many experts would now have to acknowledge the importance of both nature and nurture, the two worlds were generally treated as being quite independent. For example, terms such as ...

Nature and nurture are both important. We must be just as ambitious about understanding nurture as we are about understanding nature, because only by joining the two will we see the full picture.

Is it nature or is it nurture ... I thought my self-authority was more important than external authority, but it wasn't less important either. We are both communal and uniquely ourselves, not ...

Among the numerous sensory inputs that we receive each moment, emotions are perhaps one of the most ecologically and socially important ... to have roots in both nature and nurture.

Yet sports scientists and geneticists say pinning sprinting success purely on nature ... nurture is overly simplistic and ignores a wealth of cultural and societal factors that are equally ...

The examples parents — and caregivers — set may be particularly important for infants ... to avoid new foods — is both genetically and environmentally influenced in 3- to 7-year-old children. “It’s ...

Like many of the debates in child development, there is evidence to support both sides. A baby, for example, does imitate an adult's smile and vocalise more if adults are encouraging and attentive.