In an article titled “Wired for Success: Understand your child’s brain to communicate better” published in www.family.sg in Oct 2006, by Vivi Zainol, she asked the questions: nature or nurture? Do your genes make you who you are, or is it your environment? She went on to suggest that scientists today believe that there is no simple answer to this nature-versus-nurture controversy.

 
The answer is, both, says brain research expert, teacher and entrepreneur, Dr Geil Browning. "Who you are today is a result of certain characteristics that have emerged from your life experiences, coupled with genetics or the blueprint with which you were born. I call this interplay between nature and nurture, Emergenetics," says Browning, who has authored Emergenetics – Tap Into the New Science of Success, and who is the Chairman of Emergenetics Asia Pte Ltd.

In the early 1990s, genome research revealed that people come into the world genetically wired a certain way, but life events or their environment determine whether they grow up the way their genes had programmed them. The latest advances in brain scanning technology have also revealed more about how the brain works.

Based on this latest research, Browning and Wendell Williams came up with Emergenetics, a diagnostic instrument, which has been tested and used on over 300,000 people globally.

Emergenetics is a profiling instrument based on scientific research that indicates that individuals are genetically pre-wired at birth to think and act in certain ways, and these traits change as a result of social/environmental factors i.e.emerging from our life experiences.  The combination of genetics and experiences intertwine to form recognizable patterns that can be used to improve communication and productivity.

Developed by Dr. Geil Browning, Ph.D. and Dr. Wendell Williams, Ph.D. after extensive research involving over 300,000 adults and children (over the age of 9), Emergenetics Ò provides insightful information on a combination of thinking preferences and behavioural attributes.

With over 23 years of practice and research, the Emergenetics® Profile provides information on four thinking attributes (Analytical, Structural, Social, Conceptual) and three behavioral attributes (Expressive, Assertive, Flexibility). 

About Emergenetics Asia Pte Ltd

Emergenetics Asia is the Asian arm of the parent company in the USA. It comprises of a group of professionals who translate research from neuroscientific, psychological, educational, and business sources into information that is useful for individuals, teams, and organizations.

The company is dedicated to making a difference through the development of research-based tools that determine each individual’s unique combination of Thinking and Behavioural Attributes. The aim is to deliver services and technology with the highest ethical and professional standards and to use Emergenetics products to promote job satisfaction, accelerate learning, enhance communication, and develop personal effectiveness.

Emergenetics is unlike any profile or assessment process you may be familiar.  It is based on the fact that our personalities are shaped by our genetics as well as by the characteristics that have emerged from our life experiences. Emergenetics Asia has developed two powerful and scientifically valid personality assessment tools , one for adults and one for children.

With its international headquarters in Denver, Colorado, the Emergenetics group has associates located in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Emergenetics  Asia's Certified Associates are trained in conducting workshops and team-building for both corporations and non-profit organizations.

More information can be found at www.EG-Asia.com

email:  info@EG-Asia.com         tel:   +65 6478 6710