Innate
How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
Published on 31. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-691-20415-4 (ISBN)
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 our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new research, including his own groundbreaking work, he explains how variations in the way our brains develop before birth strongly influence our psychology and behavior throughout our lives, shaping our personality, intelligence, sexuality, and even the way we perceive the world. Compelling and original, Innate will change the way you think about why and how we are who we are.
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 our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new research, including his own groundbreaking work, he explains how variations in the way our brains develop before birth strongly influence our psychology and behavior throughout our lives, shaping our personality, intelligence, sexuality, and even the way we perceive the world. Compelling and original, Innate will change the way you think about why and how we are who we are.
Reviews / Votes
"One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2018" "One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2018"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
40 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-20415-4 (9780691204154)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
11/2018
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€18.49
Available for download
Person
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.