Name: Predict My Future: The Science of Us
Released: 2013-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Meet the most scientifically studied people in the world: a group of 1037 individuals born in one city that have been followed since their births in 1972.

2013 · 44m

Director Paul Casserly, Mark McNeill

EPISODE 1

The Early Years

An introduction to the Dunedin Longitudinal Study and an exploration of the myths and facts surrounding the long-term effects of childhood, explaining how the early years are important in a number of years and have no lasting influence on others.
EPISODE 2

When Teens Run Off The Rails

Examining the behaviour of young offenders and considering why most desist with unlawful activities as they grow older, but some turn into violent, career criminals.
EPISODE 3

When Genes Mix With The Wrong Environment

The nature versus nurture argument is investigated. It is a genetic switch which is thrown by life events; nature loads the gun but nurture pulls the trigger.
EPISODE 4

Dirt is Good, Dirt Poor Is Bad

A look at the effects of modern life and ageing, how asthma and allergies are affected by excessive cleanliness, how poverty causes lifelong damage, and how looking at the back of people's eyes can predict mental illness.