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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2023

Behavior genetics: Causality as a dialectical pursuit.

Livio Tarchi, Giuseppe Pierpaolo Merola, Giovanni Castellini, Valdo Ricca

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Livio TarchiPsychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, FI, Italy livio.tarchi@unifi.it giuseppepierpaolo.merola@unifi.it giovanni.castellini@unifi.it valdo.ricca@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9931-5621
Giuseppe Pierpaolo MerolaPsychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, FI, Italy livio.tarchi@unifi.it giuseppepierpaolo.merola@unifi.it giovanni.castellini@unifi.it valdo.ricca@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0001-9695-0972
Giovanni CastelliniPsychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, FI, Italy livio.tarchi@unifi.it giuseppepierpaolo.merola@unifi.it giovanni.castellini@unifi.it valdo.ricca@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0003-1265-491X
Valdo RiccaPsychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, FI, Italy livio.tarchi@unifi.it giuseppepierpaolo.merola@unifi.it giovanni.castellini@unifi.it valdo.ricca@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9291-2124

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Abstract

The overarching theme of causality in behavioral genetics is discussed on epistemological grounds. Evidence is offered in favor of a continuum spectrum in causality, in contrast to discrimination between causal factors and associations. The risk of invalidating exploratory studies in behavior genetics is discussed, especially for the potential impact on those fields of medicine interested in complex behaviors.

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