# Nature, Nurture or Neither? The View from the Genes

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Steve Jones
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/nature-nurture-or-neither-view-genes)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Many people see gene and environment as separate entities and believe that height, weight, or personality type can be sliced, rather like a cake, in a section controlled by inherited factors or nature, while others are due to differences in the environment, or nurture. In fact "heritability" (a measure much misunderstood by politicians and educationists) is more subtle than this and always involves an intimate interaction between the two, whether we are interested in height, weight, sport, or intelligence.

## Lectures

1. [Nature, Nurture or Neither? The View from the Genes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/nature-nurture-or-neither-view-genes/2c469b924154) (YouTube)