title: States of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are
author: Roberta Conlan
description: In 1997, eight prominent scientist writers, experts on thought and the brain, met to give public lectures on the state of the art of the mind. Their talks emphasized the practical aspects, especially how emotions and stress affect the brain. <i>States of Mind</i> gathers their presentations in one place. The question they all ask is, "What can science tell us about ourselves?"
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  INNATE
  
  
  How the Wiring of Our Brains  
  Shapes Who We Are
  
  
  KEVIN J. MITCHELL
  
  
  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
  
  
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  ISBN 978-0-691-17388-7
  
  
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  For my parents,  
  with my undying thanks for their nature and their nurture.