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Evolutionary Psychology
Leda Cosmides and John Tooby examine in-depth the idea of evolutionary psychology, including psychology's past and present, adaptive problems, nature and nurture, and many other evolutionary psychology topics.
( http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html )
Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
Provides abstracts of chapters written by a number of leading evolutionary psychology experts; topics include mate choice, issues in evolutionary psychology and culture, moral behaviour, family violence, evolutionary cognitive psychology, and many others.
( http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Crawford_Krebs_98.html )
Heredity Resources
Extensive links to websites with information about heredity, including U.S. and international research programs.
( http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/links.html )
Genetic Journals and News
Links to a number of journals with information about genetics, such as Nature, Journal of Genetic Counseling, and others, as well as news articles about genetics are provided.
( http://www.pedgen.med.uni-muenchen.de/medgen/journals.html )
Prenatal Testing and Down Syndrome
Guide for parents who are faced with prenatal tests. Includes links to websites about Down Syndrome.
( http://www.ds-health.com/prenatal.htm )
Amniocentesis
Read about what amniocentesis is, its risks, and many other aspects of the procedure.
( http://www.w-cpc.org/pregnancy/testing.html )
Obstetric Ultrasound
Explore many dimensions of obstetric ultrasound, such as why and when it is used in pregnancy. Images and videos of the fetus using obstetric ultrasound are included.
( http://www.w-cpc.org/pregnancy/testing.html )
Chorionic Villus Sampling
Examine what this procedure involves and alternatives to it.
( http://www.w-cpc.org/pregnancy/testing.html )
Genetic Counselling
Includes educating and teaching resources, books, genetics and health news, journals, prenatal counselling, pediatric counselling, and other aspects of genetic counselling.
( http://www.pitt.edu/~edugene/resource/ )
Infertility Resources
Includes information about infertility treatments, products, professional services, education, and resources.
( http://www.ihr.com/infertility/ )
Abecedarian Project
Read about the Abecedarian Project, which is designed to intervene into the lives of children in low-income families.
( http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/ )
Genes and Parenting
A discussion of The Nurture Assumption by Judith Harris.
( http://www.edweek.com/ew/vol-18/04parent.h18 )







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