Probing the genetics of the mind

BOOKS AND ARTS 08 August 2018 Probing the genetics of the mind Douwe Draaisma weighs up Eric Kandel’s study on mental illnesses as brain diseases. By Douwe Draaisma0 Douwe Draaisma Douwe

Draaisma is professor of the history of psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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Nature 560, 166 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05893-5

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