Genetic Traits of Dancers
Oct. 24th, 2006 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiThanks to Tisana for this http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060213183707.htm .
I'm not sure if 85 subjects is a representative enough sample for me, but I like how they compared genetic results to 2 different surveys to corroborate. What a neat concept for a study.
I'm curious how casual dancers would compare to professional ones, or if dancing skill relates to any of it. These things are so subjective and hard to define, so they aren't really things people could measure academically.
Also, it doesn't explain how some dancers (or artists, or musicians) have really crappy attitudes despite their artistic skills (you'd think with improved emotional/spiritual skills they may not be so bitchy). :)
Anyway, its an interesting read.
I'm not sure if 85 subjects is a representative enough sample for me, but I like how they compared genetic results to 2 different surveys to corroborate. What a neat concept for a study.
I'm curious how casual dancers would compare to professional ones, or if dancing skill relates to any of it. These things are so subjective and hard to define, so they aren't really things people could measure academically.
Also, it doesn't explain how some dancers (or artists, or musicians) have really crappy attitudes despite their artistic skills (you'd think with improved emotional/spiritual skills they may not be so bitchy). :)
Anyway, its an interesting read.
