Johnny may be hardwired to play with toy guns and dump trucks after all. As for his little sister’s preference for Barbie and Beanie Babies, chalk it up to DNA, say scientists.
The notion that children’s taste in toys might somehow be genetically determined has long been disparaged by psychologists, pooh-poohed as unscientific and sexist, or both.
But a study by researchers in the United States has added new fuel to the nature versus nurture debate, and suggests that when it comes to choosing between trucks and cuddly stuffed animals, chromosomes could make a difference.
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