Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Genes in Behaviour and Health
Course Number:
P_BGBEHE
Course Description:
People differ in their personality, behaviour, cognition, psychological health, and lifestyle. Behavior genetics focusses on quantifying the contributions of genetic and environmental influences to individual differences in psychological traits. In this course, we focus on the classical twin design, which is used infer the contribution of genetic and environmental effects to individual differences based on the resemblance between monozygotic and dizygotic twins. We discuss the biometrical (genetic) model and the related statistical model that underlies the twin design and its (multivariate) applications. In addition to the theoretical and statistical underpinning of the twin design, we will gain hands-on experience in the computer practicals. In these practicals, we use the R library umx to carry out the analysis of real and simulated twin data in the R program.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (9)_18.pdf
