When Abnormal Behavior Happens, 



Whose Fault is It? 



Explore the biology of normal and abnormal behavior in 

 24 fascinating lectures on the origin of our individual differences 



The brain, mind, body, and envi- 

 ronment have a surprising influ- 

 ence 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, 

 2 nd Edition is your introduction to this 

 fascinating field in 24 lectures presented 

 by an outstanding scientist and teacher, 

 Professor Robert Sapolsky of Stanford 

 University. 



A neurobiologist, zoologist, and 

 MacArthur "genius" grant recipient, Dr. 

 Sapolsky has won teaching awards at 

 Stanford University and a wide reader- 

 ship for his popular books and articles. 

 His work has appeared in Scientific 

 American, Discover, Natural History, and 

 The New Yorker. 



In this course, Professor Sapolsky 

 guides you through challenging but 

 immensely interesting terrain. After an 

 introductory lecture, you proceed to a 

 six-lecture sequence on the functioning 

 of the nervous system, starting with how 

 a single neuron works and building 

 upward to the workings of millions of 

 neurons in the regions of the brain most 

 pertinent to emotion and behavior. 



Next you explore how the brain and 

 behavior are regulated. How does the 

 brain regulate hormones and how do 

 hormones influence brain function and 

 behavior? Next you examine how both 

 the brain and behavior have evolved 

 together. 



Then you look at what genes have to 

 do with brain function and how those 

 genes have evolved. Again, there are a 



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wealth of examples, from the myth that 

 animals and humans behave "for the 

 good of the species," to the astounding 

 multi-generational impact of a famine 

 induced by the Nazis in Holland during 

 World War II. 



The final six lectures focus on aggres- 

 sion, applying the approaches you have 

 learned in the course to an actual set of 

 behaviors of paramount concern to soci- 

 ety. 



In the final lecture, Professor Sapolsky 

 explores the implications of our emerg- 

 ing understanding of the origins of indi- 

 vidual differences, for these discoveries 

 are changing the way we think about 

 ourselves. Where do you draw the line 

 between the essence of the person and 

 the biological abnormalities? Who is 

 biologically impaired, and who is just 

 different? How much should we worry 

 about the temptation to label people as 

 "abnormal"? And what happens when 

 we each have a few of these abnormali- 

 ties? 



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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 

 The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons 

 The Limbic System 



The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) 

 The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain 

 The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones 

 The Evolution of Behavior 

 The Evolution of Behavior — Some 

 Examples 



Cooperation, Competition, and 

 Neuroeconomics 



What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of 

 Genes 



What Do Genes Do? Macroevolution of 

 Genes 



Behavior Genetics 

 Behavior Genetics and Prenatal 

 Environment 



An Introduction to Ethology 

 Neuroethology 



The Neurobiology of Aggression I 

 The Neurobiology of Aggression II 

 Hormones and Aggression 

 Early Experience and Aggression 

 Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation 

 A Summary 



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