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"Animal Instincts" Author: [US] Robert Sapolsky Publisher: Zhejiang Education Publishing House
"Animal Instincts" Author: [US] Robert Sapolsky Publisher: Zhejiang Education Publishing House
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How can imperceptible nuances in one's environment change a person's behavior?
What is the principle of bad mood?
Does stress shrink our brains?
Which has the greatest influence, nature or nurture?
In the genetic war between the sexes, who will be the winner?
Why, as we age, do we become less receptive to novelty and more attracted to the familiar and repetitive?
This is an interesting work about human behavior. Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky reveals our instincts as animals, while also explaining those profound and obvious human behaviors. The book is divided into three parts, each of which explores a big question in natural science: the relationship between genes, bodies, society and us, and the impact on human behavior.
From the social relationships of baboons on the Serengeti grasslands to the mysterious rituals in the rainforest, from pheromones emitted from the brain to the genetic war between the sexes, author Sapolsky uses "deviant" words and humorous biological stories to brilliantly combine cutting-edge scientific research with observations of humans and animals, making it fascinating and thought-provoking.
About the Author
Neurobiologist and primatologist. PhD in neuroendocrinology from Rockefeller University in New York, BA in biological anthropology from Harvard University. Currently a professor of biology, neurology and neuroscience at Stanford University. His research focuses on stress and neuronal degeneration, and the possibility of gene therapy strategies to protect susceptible neurons from disease.
Every year, Sapolsky spends time in Kenya studying a group of wild baboons. Sapolsky wants to determine the sources of stress in the baboons' environment and the relationship between the animals' personalities and patterns of stress-related illness. He chooses to spend a lot of time with baboons because they are perfect for studying stress and stress-related illness in humans. Sapolsky's expertise is strong in primatology and neuroscience, especially in human behavior.
Sabowski has received many honors and awards for his outstanding work. In 1987, at the age of 30, he won the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award. He later won the Sloan Fellowship, the Klingenstein Award in the field of neuroscience, and the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. In 2007, he won the McGovern Behavioral Science Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2008, he won the Carl Sagan Award. In 2013, he won the American Psychological Association's Outstanding Scientific Contribution to Psychology Award.
Sapolsky loves writing. His works have won many writing-related awards, including the Washington Post's Best Book of the Year, the Rockefeller University Lewis Thomas Science Writing Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Oliver Sacks, the Poet Laureate of Medicine, called him "one of the best scientist writers of our time."
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