Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Also by Robert M. Sapolsky......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
One: THE BEHAVIOR......Page 22
Two: ONE SECOND BEFORE......Page 27
Three: SECONDS TO MINUTES BEFORE......Page 85
Four: HOURS TO DAYS BEFORE......Page 102
Five: DAYS TO MONTHS BEFORE......Page 139
Six: ADOLESCENCE; OR, DUDE, WHERE’S MY FRONTAL CORTEX?......Page 156
Seven: BACK TO THE CRIB, BACK TO THE WOMB......Page 177
Eight: BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE JUST A FERTILIZED EGG......Page 232
Nine: CENTURIES TO MILLENNIA BEFORE......Page 273
Ten: THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR......Page 340
Eleven: US VERSUS THEM......Page 401
Twelve: HIERARCHY, OBEDIENCE, AND RESISTANCE......Page 438
Thirteen: MORALITY AND DOING THE RIGHT THING, ONCE YOU’VE FIGURED OUT WHAT THAT IS......Page 490
Fourteen: FEELING SOMEONE’S PAIN, UNDERSTANDING SOMEONE’S PAIN, ALLEVIATING SOMEONE’S PAIN......Page 532
Fifteen: METAPHORS WE KILL BY......Page 565
Sixteen: BIOLOGY, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND (OH, WHY NOT?) FREE WILL......Page 595
Seventeen: WAR AND PEACE......Page 629
EPILOGUE......Page 686
Acknowledgments......Page 691
Appendix 1: Neuroscience 101......Page 694
Appendix 2: The Basics of Endocrinology......Page 724
Appendix 3: Protein Basics......Page 728
Glossary of Abbreviations......Page 734
Abbreviations in the Notes......Page 736
Notes......Page 737
Illustration Credits......Page 822
Index......Page 824
About the Author......Page 860