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Explore the Science behind Behavior
The brain, mind, body, and environment have a surprising influence on how we behave—from the people we fall in love with, to
the intensity of our spiritual lives, to the degree of our aggressive
impulses. The study of the complex forces that shape us in these
and countless other ways is called behavioral biology. Biology
and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd Edition, is your introduction to this fascinating field
as presented by an award-winning professor.
A neurobiologist, zoologist, and MacArthur “genius” grant
recipient, Professor Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University
guides you through exciting and immensely interesting terrain.
Over the course of 24 lectures, you investigate the functioning
of the nervous system, how the brain and behavior are regulated, what genes have to do with brain function, and the roots of
human aggression. Throughout Biology and Human Behavior,
you see how our emerging understanding about the origins of
individuality is continually changing the way we think about
ourselves.
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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
Taught by Professor Robert Sapolsky, Stanford University
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