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Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are

Hardback

Main Details

Title Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kevin J. Mitchell
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreGenetics (non-medical)
Neurosciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780691173887
ClassificationsDewey:155.7
Audience
General
Illustrations 40 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 16 October 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you think What makes you the way you are-and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of ou

Author Biography

Kevin J. Mitchell is associate professor at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics and the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He contributed to The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists (Princeton) and runs a popular blog, Wiring the Brain. He lives in Portmarnock, Ireland.

Reviews

"One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2018" "One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2018" "A powerful antidote to genetic determinism."---Barbara Kiser, Nature "A lucid, up-to-the-minute account of the human mind. . . . In considering the social, ethical, and philosophical implications of the accumulation of scientific discoveries, Mitchell changes the paradigm of what truly defines human nature."---Tiffany Jeung, Inverse "Innate is the best guide to the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and genetics that I've found in recent years. . . . If there's any question you have about how our brains make us who we are, chances are you'll find an enlightening answer in Innate."---Carl Zimmer, Publishers Weekly "A good read for anyone at any age interested in how we get to be who we are. . . . Let us get books like Innate into the hands and minds of students as early as possible so that informed public discussion of ethical, social, and political issues surrounding genetic knowledge keeps pace with the inexorable growth of that knowledge."---Richard Haier, Quillette "An engaging science book."---Anthony King, Irish Times