Nancy Segal (on twins)

Nancy Segal (on twins)

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The Twin Episode with Dr. Nancy Segal
Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson

Kate and Oliver are joined by Dr. Nancy Segal, a psychologist and Director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton for a fascinating conversation about all things twins. They discuss the science behind twins, nature vs. nurture, stories of twins wh ...

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Based on DNA Testing, Only One Twin Was Granted U.S. Citizenship. Why?
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This episode is a conversation based on two of Nancy Segal's books The Twin Children of the Holocaust: Stolen Childhood and the Will to Survive and Gay Fathers, Twin Sons: the Citzenship Case that Captured the World.

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What studying twins can teach us about ourselves, with Nancy Segal, PhD
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From movie plots to ad campaigns to viral videos, if they feature twins, they grab our attention every time. But it’s not only the general public who are fascinated with twins. Over many decades, twins have garnered attention from psychologists and other researchers because of wh ...  Show more

What Twins Separated At Birth Teach Us About Nature vs Nurture - Nancy Segal - #667
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Nancy Segal is a professor at California State University, an author and one of the most prominent twin-study researchers on the planet. What makes you the person you are? Is it your genetics or your environment? When twins are either accidentally or purposefully separated at bir ...  Show more