Predict My Future: The Science Of Us (2015)
Season 1
Meet the most scientifically studied people in the world. A group of 1,037 New Zealanders followed since their births in 1972.
Released Jan. 1, 2015
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Watch Providers: Magellan TV, Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
S1E1 - The Early Years
This episode introduces the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, begun in 1972 and continuing today. It then looks at indicators in childhood behaviors identified by the study that can predict whether a person will have a more or a less stable and successful life as an adult. What are the basic indicators?
Jan. 1, 2015, midnight
S1E2 - When Teens Run Off The Rails
Troubled teens , why some go bad and others come right. What happens when young people run off the rails? Youth offending is very common, almost everyone does dumb things and many of us break the law. However youth offenders consist of two core groups; life present offenders (people who are going to continue offending regardless), and people who given the right conditions will return to become mainstream citizens.
Jan. 8, 2015, midnight
S1E3 - When Genes Mix with the Wrong Environment
The Dunedin Study has identified a fundamental developmental mechanism that completely rewrites the nature versus nurture argument. It is a genetic switch which is thrown by life events , nature loads the gun but nurture pulls the trigger. This chapter tracks the hunt for the mechanism using three specific examples - violence in men, depression, and cannabis induced schizophrenia.
Jan. 15, 2015, midnight
S1E4 - Dirt Is Good, Dirt Poor Is Bad
The final instalment looks at the effects of modern life and aging , how excessive cleanliness affects asthma and allergies, how poverty gets under the skin to cause lifelong damage, the physical effects of social isolation, and predicting mental illness and Alzheimer's by just looking at the back of people's eyes. Plus the latest research and where the research is going next.
Jan. 22, 2015, midnight
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 2015
Last Air Date: Jan. 22, 2015, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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