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Born Together, Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study

Dr. Nancy Segal offers an overview of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, its scientific contributions, and its effect on public consciousness. The study startled scientists by demonstrating that twins reared apart are as alike, across a number of personality traits and other measures, as those raised together, suggesting that genetic influence is pervasive.

Someone Else’s Twin: The True Story of Babies Switched at Birth

IN THIS FASCINATING STORY, Dr. Nancy Segal, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton (and herself a twin and an expert on twin research) describes the consequences of unintentional separation of identical twins.

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