Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Hardwired to Be Cruel to Each Other?
[6:40] Robert Sapolsky has a bone to pick with oxytocin, or rather the public’s perception of oxytocin. It is the …
MORERobert Sapolsky: Is Moral Disgust Just Bad Evolution?
[5:07] Have you ever witnessed something that made you sick to your stomach? Have you listened in on a story so evil that y…
MORERobert Sapolsky: Free will, morality and the law
[26:37] Throughout his science investigative career, Alan Alda has met with Dr. Sapolsky several times. In this video …
MORERobert Sapolsky: Why Constant Stress is Killing You
[2:40] Acclaimed Stanford lecturer Robert Sapolsky shares with us how constant stress can kill. [Video source: The Gr…
MORERobert Sapolsky: The Strange Monkey Gland Phenomenon
[5:40] In this clip Professor Robert Sapolsky explains what the Strange Monkey Gland Phenomenon is and why it was impor…
MORERobert Sapolsky: Dopamine Jackpot! The Science of Pleasure
[4:59] Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monk…
MORERobert Sapolsky: Biological underpinnings of religiosity
[1:22:46] Dr Sapolsky explores schizophrenia to see if there is any hidden adaptive advantage in the condition as ther…
MORERobert Sapolsky On Depression
[52:28] Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky, posits that depression is the most damaging disease that you can experie…
MOREStress: Portrait of a Killer
[56:04] The stress response: in the beginning it saved our lives, making us run from predators and enabling us to take do…
MOREHuman Nature: Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Mate, James Gilligan and Richard Wilkinson
[32:54] Insights from Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Mate, James Gilligan and Richard Wilkinson about human nature. How ou…
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