Our Genes, Our Choices

David Goldman received his B.S. from Yale University in 1974, graduating in only three years, and his M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1978. He joined the intramural program of the National Institutes of Health in 1979, and is currently Clinical Director and Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Throughout his career, he has identified genetic factors responsible for inherited differences in behavior, his laboratory pioneering in functional genomics – how differences in DNA sequence translate into behavioral differences from molecule to intermediate brain processes to behavior. He is recipient of many awards for his research and is one of the most highly cited scientists in biological psychiatry. His laboratory is currently exploring the genetics of substance use disorders and related health problems.

1. Introduction: Thou Mayest Choose
2. The Jinn in the Genome
3. 2B or Not 2B?
4. Stephen Mobley and His X-Chromosome
5. Dial Multifactorial for Murder: The Intersection of Genes and Culture
6. Distorted Capacity: The Measure of the Impaired Will 
7. Distorted Capacity: Neuropsychiatric Diseases and the Impaired Will
8. Inheritance of Behavior and Genes “For” Behavior
9.  The Scientific and Historic Bases of Genethics
10. The World is Double Helical: DNA, RNA and Proteins, in a Few Easy Piece
11.The Stochastic Brain: From DNA Blueprint to Behavior
12. Reintroducing Genes and Behavior
13. Warriors and Worriers
14. How Many Genes Does it Take to Make a Behavior?
15. The Genesis and Genetics of Sexual Behavior
16. Gene by Environment Interaction
17. The Epigenetic Revolution
18.Time out for free will
19. The top-down neurogenesis of free will 
20. Summing Up Genetic Predictors of Behavior