Bag Quote by Steven Pinker

Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows.

— Leon Kass

There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.

— Sebastian Seung

“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

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

I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence.

— Richard Dawkins

“The mind emanates from the interface between neurophysiological processes and interpersonal relationships. Experience selectively shapes genetic neuronal potential and thus directly influences the structure…

— Gabor Maté

Traits don't change, states of mind do.

— Elizabeth Strout

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

Your brain is the organ of your personality, character, and intelligence and is heavily involved in making you who you are.

— Anonymous

People need to realize that their thoughts are more primary than their genes, because the environment, which is influenced by our thoughts, controls the…

— Bruce H. Lipton

Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain…

— Steven Pinker