Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
Edition:1st Edition
Tracing behavior across multiple timescales, this work examines how biology, environment, and experience shape human actions. It connects brain function, hormones, development, and evolution with topics such as aggression, empathy, morality, and decision-making, revealing the complexity behind why people behave the way they do.
Chapters
- Chapter 1: The Behavior→
- Chapter 2: One Second Before→
- Chapter 3: Seconds to Minutes Before→
- Chapter 4: Hours to Days Before→
- Chapter 5: Days to Months Before→
- Chapter 6: Adolescence; or, Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?→
- Chapter 7: Back to the Crib, Back to the Womb→
- Chapter 8: Back to When You Were Just a Fertilized Egg→
- Chapter 9: Centuries to Millennia Before→
- Chapter 10: The Evolution of Behavior→
- Chapter 11: Us Versus Them→
- Chapter 12: Hierarchy, Obedience, & Resistance→
- Chapter 13: Morality & Doing the Right Thing→
- Chapter 14: Feeling Pain, Understanding Pain, Alleviating Pain→
- Chapter 15: Metaphors We Kill By→
- Chapter 16: Biology, the Criminal Justice System, and Free Will→
- Chapter 17: War and Peace→
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