Genetics can inform causation, but the concepts and language we use matters

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 46:e191 (2023)
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Madole & Harden describe how genetics can be used in a causal framework. We agree with many of their opinions but argue that comparing within-family designs to experiments is unnecessary and that the proposed influence of genetics on behavior can be better described as inus conditions.

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