Kevin Mitchell

Associate Professor in Developmental Neurobiology, Trinity College Dublin

Kevin Mitchell is a neurogeneticist. He is associate professor at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics and the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. His latest book is Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are (2018). He lives in Portmarnock, Ireland.

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Written by Kevin Mitchell

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Gender and identity

Sex on the brain

Humans, like other mammals, exhibit sex differences in their brains and psychological traits. But what do they signify?

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Genetics

Wired that way: genes do shape behaviours but it’s complicated

Kevin Mitchell