Polygenic scores and social science

Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 11:46:e229. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22002345.

Abstract

It is a hotly contested issue whether polygenic scores should play a major role in the social sciences. Here, we defend a methodologically pluralist stance in which sociogenomics should abandon its hype and recognize that it suffers from all the methodological difficulties of the social sciences, yet nevertheless maintain an optimistic stance toward a more cautious use.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Multifactorial Inheritance*
  • Social Sciences*