The impulse control they use is a facet of Conscientiousness; and we already know Conscientiousness is highly heritable...
Yes, but it is still potentially useful to know how much of the heritability is metabolically vs. behaviorally manifested.
Also more generally, we should be careful about mixing different levels of causation.
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The impulse control they use is a facet of Conscientiousness; and we already know Conscientiousness is highly heritable...
Yes, but it is still potentially useful to know how much of the heritability is metabolically vs. behaviorally manifested.
Also more generally, we should be careful about mixing different levels of causation.