Predict My Future: The Science Of Us
Predict My Future: The Science Of Us
| 01 January 2015 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Season 1 : 2015 | 4 Episodes

    EP1 The Early Years Jan 01, 2015

    This episode introduces the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, begun in 1972 and continuing today. It then looks at indicators in childhood behaviors identified by the study that can predict whether a person will have a more or a less stable and successful life as an adult. What are the basic indicators?

    EP2 When Teens Run Off The Rails Jan 08, 2015

    Troubled teens , why some go bad and others come right. What happens when young people run off the rails? Youth offending is very common, almost everyone does dumb things and many of us break the law. However youth offenders consist of two core groups; life present offenders (people who are going to continue offending regardless), and people who given the right conditions will return to become mainstream citizens.

    EP3 When Genes Mix with the Wrong Environment Jan 15, 2015

    The Dunedin Study has identified a fundamental developmental mechanism that completely rewrites the nature versus nurture argument. It is a genetic switch which is thrown by life events , nature loads the gun but nurture pulls the trigger. This chapter tracks the hunt for the mechanism using three specific examples - violence in men, depression, and cannabis induced schizophrenia.

    EP4 Dirt Is Good, Dirt Poor Is Bad Jan 22, 2015

    The final instalment looks at the effects of modern life and aging , how excessive cleanliness affects asthma and allergies, how poverty gets under the skin to cause lifelong damage, the physical effects of social isolation, and predicting mental illness and Alzheimer's by just looking at the back of people's eyes. Plus the latest research and where the research is going next.
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