Self Control and the Health and Wealth of a Nation

Avshalom Caspi,PhD,Edward M. Arnett Professor, Professor,Duke Psychology & Neuroscience,Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.Avshalom Caspi grew up in Israel and received his professional education in the United States (Ph.D, Cornell University). His research spans the fields of psychology, epidemiology and genetics. His current work is concerned with three broad questions. (1) How do childhood experiences shape the course of health inequalities across the lifespan? (2) How do genetic differences between people shape the way they respond to their environments? (3) What are the best ways to assess and measure personality differences between people? Terri Moffitt, PhD, Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor, Professor, Duke Psychology & Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College LondonTERRI E. MOFFITT studies how genetic and environmental risks together shape the developmental course of psychiatric disorders. Her particular interest is in antisocial and criminal behavior, but she also studies depression, psychosis and substance abuse. She is professor at Duke University in the USA, and at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London in the UK.