Behavior Quote by Carl Sagan

Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain…

— Steven Pinker

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain…

— Steven Pinker

“Thus, adult behavior produces persistent molecular brain changes in offspring, “programming” them to be likely to replicate that distinctive behavior in adulthood.76”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

What truly leads the evolutionary procession, in other words, is behavior.

— Robert Ardrey

All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain.

— Steven Pinker

We don't have that for the most part it is learned behavior and so the first part is we have to understand why people…

— John Assaraf

“That genes explain our behaviour and well-being distracts attention from society as a cause; such ideas also encourage us to accept or pursue chemical,…

— Oliver James

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.

— Keith Henson

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environment.

— Keith Henson

“The brain is heavily influenced by genes. But from birth through young adulthood, the part of the human brain that most defines us (frontal…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.

— Anonymous

“we must always remember that the real content of evolution (biological as well as cultural) is the elaboration of new behaviour.”

— Jacob Bronowski