Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

“Having the low-activity version of MAO-A tripled the likelihood … but only in people with a history of severe childhood abuse. And if there…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“The candidate gene approaches show that the effect of a single gene on a behavior is typically tiny. In other words, having the “warrior…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up…

— Rodney Stark

“testosterone’s actions are contingent and amplifying, exacerbating preexisting tendencies toward aggression rather than creating aggression out of thin air.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Lots of work has examined the genes involved, most broadly showing that variants that produce lowered dopamine signaling (less dopamine in the synapse, fewer…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“As a rule, sexually selected traits tend to be more condition-dependent --and thus more vulnerable to dysfunctions-- than other phenotypes. This contributes to explain…

— Marco del Giudice

As for testosterone, it's gotten a bum rap. Yes, it has tons to do with aggression but it doesn't cause aggression as much as…

— Robert Sapolsky

Individual differences in testosterone level predict very little about differences in aggression.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“The Maoist mechanisms of social control have been loosened. A totalitarian state has become merely an authoritarian one.”

— Gordon G. Chang

Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

— Anne Wojcicki

Some genetic variants can be informative about ones risk for Parkinsons disease and Alzheimers disease.

— Anne Wojcicki

“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