Robert M Sapolsky
Author 'Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst'
Robert M. Sapolsky holds degrees from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities and is currently a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University and a Research Associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. His books include New York Times bestseller, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst and Determined.
Neural imaging has shown that the brain has “decided” what we’re going to do before we make a conscious choice — but is this even relevant to free will?
You’ve heard about your “lizard brain.” But what about the other two?
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Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky on the science of temptation, and the limitations of your brain’s frontal cortex.
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6 min
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Don’t let your reptile brain tell you what to do.
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7 min
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Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky explains how your first 25 years will shape the next 50.
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4 min
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We’ve all heard the line “free will is an illusion”. But it may be much more an allusion—to society and culture and our surroundings—than we’ve ever given it credit for.
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You have three types of brain inside your brain. And they’re all fighting for dominance.
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8 min
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It’s all in your mind. Really. Everything bad in the world might be coming from one particular part of the human brain.
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5 min
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What does Robert Sapolsky—an “utter, complete, atheist”—think about the persistence of magical thinking in our modern world?
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3 min
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Our implicit biases are rooted in biology, but they can be easily manipulated. That’s both really good and really bad.
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7 min
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Ever heard a story that made you sick to your stomach? There is neurological wizardry at work that makes our sense of morality so visceral—and flawed.
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