Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.\nAs Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear--and the ones that plague us now--are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way--through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us sick.

Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers

Self-Help

ROBERT SAPOLSKY

Stress Management

Freeman

High quality, university level teaching! 12 audio CDs with guidebooks which outline the course. Course Lecture Titles 1. Biology and Behavior-An Introduction 2. The Basic Cells of the Nervous System 3. How Two Neurons Communicate 4. Learning and Synaptic Plasticity 5. The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons 6. The Limbic System 7. The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) 8. The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain 9. The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones 10. The Evolution of Behavior 11. The Evolution of Behavior-Some Examples 12. Cooperation, Competition, and Neuroeconomics 13. What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes 14. What Do Genes Do? Macroevolution of Genes 15. Behavior Genetics 16. Behavior Genetics and Prenatal Environment 17. An Introduction to Ethology 18. Neuroethology 19. The Neurobiology of Aggression I 20. The Neurobiology of Aggression II 21. Hormones and Aggression 22. Early Experience and Aggression 23. Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation 24. A Summary

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd Edition

The Teaching Company

When are we responsible for our own actions, and when are we in the grip of biological forces beyond our control? How do our brains make us the individuals that we are? In these 24 lectures, you'll investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors - some of them abnormal. And you'll see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work. As you work through this thought-provoking and engaging material, you'll learn much about your own behavior, not to mention that of others. You'll discover how the brain and behavior are regulated; what genes at the molecular level have to do with brain function and how those genes have evolved; how neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, evolution, genetics, and ethology help explain an actual set of behaviors, with a particular focus on aggression; the role of the frontal cortex in decision-making, gratification postponement, and other important functions; and more. How much do these insights threaten our own sense of self and individuality? It's a provocative question, and it's one you'll find some answers to in Professor Sapolsky's masterful lectures on our neurological origins.

Lecture Transcript and Guidebook Part 1 &amp; 2

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, Part 1 and Part 2

Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science

Understanding our humanity - the essence of who we are - is one of the deepest mysteries and biggest challenges in modern science. Why do we have bad moods? Why are we capable of having such strange dreams? How can metaphors in our language hold such sway on our actions? As we learn more about the mechanisms of human behavior through evolutionary biology, neuroscience, anthropology, and other related fields, we're discovering just how intriguing the human species is. And while scientists are continually uncovering similarities between our behavior and that of other animals, they're also finding insights into everything that makes us unique from any other species. Join an acclaimed neurobiologist, award-winning teacher, and MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" recipient in a series of 12 invigorating lectures that offer a surprising and undeniably fascinating study of what makes you you, journeying to the front lines of scientific research to gain a new perspective on the quirky nature of being ourselves. Professor Sapolsky explores our humanity by investigating mysterious and sometimes even mundane aspects of human behavior, including bad moods, nostalgia, and dreams, packing the lectures with stories of bold experiments and case studies that illuminate the intricacies of our behavior. Thought-provoking, witty, and sometimes myth-shattering, this course is sure to have you thinking about and appreciating your life in novel ways.

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Bodley Head Adults

Determined

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Why Zebra's Don't Get Ulcers

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd Edition

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd Edition

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, Part 1 and Part 2

Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Determined