Behavior Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

Yes, genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.,…

— Robert Sapolsky

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

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

“Genes do not determine human behavior; they merely predispose people to act in certain ways. Genes explain a lot, probably far more than is…

— Nicholas Wade

There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.

— Sebastian Seung

Genetics help to some degree, but the most important thing is the mind and the spirit. These two are even more powerful than physical…

— Serge Nubret

“The gene provides an organizing principle for modern biology—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling our bodies and fates.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on…

— E. O. Wilson

“Genes have plenty to do with behavior. Even more appropriately, all behavioral traits are affected to some degree by genetic variability.65 They have to…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Our habits determine the expression of our genes.”

— Adam Burch