Entwined Lives

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Penguin, Apr 1, 2000 - Psychology - 416 pages
Twins are nature's living laboratories. Through them we are able to uncover new information concerning the genetic and environmental factors affecting who we are. Studies using identical and fraternal twins hold the keys to understanding our intellectual abilities, personality traits, social attitudes, and behavior. In Entwined Lives, Dr. Nancy Segal brings together cutting-edge information with illustrative case histories of twins and their families. In addition to the fascinating stories of identical twins reared apart and reunited as adults, Dr. Segal provides insights into the unusual language patterns of twins, how twin studies affect legal decisions, the role of fertility treatments in twin and "twinlike" conceptions, and more. This groundbreaking book explores the ways in which twins enhance our knowledge of human behavioral and physical development, while shedding new light on the nature/nurture debate and on the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology.
 

Contents

Title Page
Living Laboratories
Differences Between Identical Twins
Unusual Twin Types
Intelligence and Special Mental Skills
Personality Traits Mental Disorders and Atypical
Twins Special Relationship
Twins Reared Apart
New Fertility Treatments and Beyond
Physical Growth and Athletic
Twins in the Nonhuman Animal Kingdom
Noteworthy Twins
Twins in the Courtroom
Conjoined Twins
Twinships Many Meanings
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Loss of a Twin

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