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

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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

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"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 Ive found in recent years. . . . If theres any question you have about how our brains make us who we are, chances are youll 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

Author Bio

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 Worlds Leading Neuroscientists (Princeton) and runs a popular blog, Wiring the Brain. He lives in Portmarnock, Ireland.