Kevin Mitchell
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Neurogeneticist interested in the relations between genes, brains, and minds. Author of INNATE (2018) and FREE AGENTS (2023)
A citizen science model turns anecdotes into evidence by revealing similar characteristics among Gifted Word Learner dogs 🐶 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A citizen science model turns anecdotes into evidence by revealing similar characteristics among Gifted Word Learner dogs 🐶 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And now a lovely moony evening! 😊
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And now a lovely moony evening! 😊
Lovely sunny morning round our way! 😊
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Lovely sunny morning round our way! 😊
LEAP-InovAND a multiscale resource to explore genetics, brain imaging and clinical data in autism www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... - very interesting study on subtypes of autism defined by symptomatology and genetics
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
LEAP-InovAND a multiscale resource to explore genetics, brain imaging and clinical data in autism www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... - very interesting study on subtypes of autism defined by symptomatology and genetics
Eysenck also argued for innate racial differences in IQ, even between the Irish and the English...
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Eysenck also argued for innate racial differences in IQ, even between the Irish and the English...
Christmas is coming! Someone you love might love one* of these... 😉🎅🎁
INNATE: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
FREE AGENTS: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
*or both 😋...
INNATE: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
FREE AGENTS: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
*or both 😋...
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Christmas is coming! Someone you love might love one* of these... 😉🎅🎁
INNATE: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
FREE AGENTS: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
*or both 😋...
INNATE: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
FREE AGENTS: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
*or both 😋...
A scenic little alley in the castle district of Budapest… 😊
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A scenic little alley in the castle district of Budapest… 😊
Looking forward to giving this lecture this afternoon on “Free Will in an Indeterministic Universe”. If you’re in Budapest, come along! 😊
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Looking forward to giving this lecture this afternoon on “Free Will in an Indeterministic Universe”. If you’re in Budapest, come along! 😊
A misty morning in Budapest! 😊
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A misty morning in Budapest! 😊
Very proud of Dr. Henry Potter! 😊
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very proud of Dr. Henry Potter! 😊
Well this old place wasn’t looking too bad this evening…
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Well this old place wasn’t looking too bad this evening…
With the newly minted Dr. Potter! 😊
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With the newly minted Dr. Potter! 😊
Really looking forward to a visit to Budapest next week, to give a couple talks. If you're around, come along and say hi! 😊 (Thanks to @mvargam.bsky.social for the invitation!)
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Really looking forward to a visit to Budapest next week, to give a couple talks. If you're around, come along and say hi! 😊 (Thanks to @mvargam.bsky.social for the invitation!)
Welp - playing South Park Munchkin and this is the curse card I drew! 😂 cc @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Welp - playing South Park Munchkin and this is the curse card I drew! 😂 cc @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
And now I'm diving into this other classic 😊: Neuroethology of releasing mechanisms: Prey-catching in toads (Ewert, 1987) 🐜👅🐸 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And now I'm diving into this other classic 😊: Neuroethology of releasing mechanisms: Prey-catching in toads (Ewert, 1987) 🐜👅🐸 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain 🐸👁️🧠https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4065609 - A little embarrassed to admit I've just read this classic paper for the first time and I'm glad I did! 😊
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain 🐸👁️🧠https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4065609 - A little embarrassed to admit I've just read this classic paper for the first time and I'm glad I did! 😊
Dublin sunrise (shot from the train, at speed) 😊
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Dublin sunrise (shot from the train, at speed) 😊
It’s very moony here! 😀
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s very moony here! 😀
Out at the Museum of the Moon exhibit in Merrion Square for #ScienceWeek 😊
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Out at the Museum of the Moon exhibit in Merrion Square for #ScienceWeek 😊
A moody morning on the beach today…
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A moody morning on the beach today…
Been reading "What is Innateness?" by Paul Griffiths (2002) philpapers.org/rec/EGRWII in which he offers this very sound advice:
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Been reading "What is Innateness?" by Paul Griffiths (2002) philpapers.org/rec/EGRWII in which he offers this very sound advice:
Yes, very impressive Mr. President...
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yes, very impressive Mr. President...
There's a psychophilosophy study to be done on the features of temperament that make some people so allergic to the idea of Chance... 😅
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
There's a psychophilosophy study to be done on the features of temperament that make some people so allergic to the idea of Chance... 😅
Huge congrats to our graduating class of Genetics and Human Genetics alumni! @tcddublin.bsky.social 👏🎓🍾
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Huge congrats to our graduating class of Genetics and Human Genetics alumni! @tcddublin.bsky.social 👏🎓🍾