Tendency to be ‘Yes Man’ is in the Genes

Tendency to be ‘Yes Man’ is in the Genes : Research

BENDING OVER BACKWARDS: Variations in the DARPP-32 gene mean that some of us are more likely to do what we are told, researchers say.


London: Some people are born ‘yes men’, thanks to their genes which make them more likely to follow other people’s directives.

Researchers found that coming to a decision often involves listening to two parts of the brain — one that relies on taking advice and the other on experience.

The brain weighs up the often opposing views and then arrives at a decision to take an action, the researchers found.

But Brown University researchers in Rhode Island discovered that some people have genes that skew the decision towards one part of the brain than other.

They discovered the DARPP-32 genetic variation meant that individuals are more likely to do what he or she is told, even when it is contradicted by experience, the journal Neuroscience reports.