Thomas Bouchard

    Thomas Bouchard is a Professor of the University of Minnesota, and the director of the widely known Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. His research is focused on estimation and explaining the various types of environmental and genetic influence on human psychological and medical/physical characteristics. He is the author of more than 150 publications, and the winner of Galton (1995) and Dobzhansky awards (2001). Professor Thomas Bouchard served as a president of the Behavior Genetics Association and vice president of the International Society for twin Studies.

This will be his first participation in Human Ethology Schools in Russia, and he will speak about Genetic Influence on Mental Abilities, Personality, Social Attitudes, Psychological Interests and Psychopathology.