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Robert M. Sapolsky

Nato: April 06, 1957 – Brooklyn, New York, USA

Robert M. Sapolsky is an American neuroscientist, primatologist, and professor at Stanford University, renowned for his research in neuroendocrinology and stress. His notable books include “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst” and “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers.” He has received a MacArthur Fellowship and is a leading voice on biology and human behavior.

Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore

Robert M. Sapolsky, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957 to parents who emigrated from the Soviet Union, demonstrated a precocious fascination with primates and science from an early age. Raised in an Orthodox Jewish household, he began to deviate from religious tradition in adolescence, immersing himself instead in scientific inquiry and self-teaching languages, such as Swahili. Sapolsky excelled academically, graduating summa cum laude from Harvard University in biological anthropology and later earning a Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University, where he studied under Bruce McEwen. He embarked on extensive fieldwork in East Africa, spending part of each year for decades observing wild baboon troops, a formative experience that shaped his career trajectory.

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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You don’t have to choose between being scientific and being compassionate
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it
-The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
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If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets
-Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress
-A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
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Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you end up depends entirely on who you choose to be from this moment forward
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Going easy on ourselves also reflects a key cognitive fact: we judge ourselves by our internal motives and everyone else by their external actions
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won’t be enough tomorrow
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Crucially, the brain region most involved in feeling afraid and anxious is most involved in generating aggression
-Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble
-Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

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Voci della Community

"Robert M. Sapolsky is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of biology, neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant."

Penguin Random House

"Robert M. Sapolsky’s specialization in primatology and neuroscience has made him prominent in public discussion of mental health and human relationships"

Wikipedia

"Robert M. Sapolsky was awarded the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award and the MacArthur Fellowship in 1987"

Wikipedia

"Robert M. Sapolsky has earned acclaim as an author of several nonfiction works, including 'A Primate’s Memoir' and 'Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers."

Simon & Schuster

"Robert M. Sapolsky’s 'Behave' became an international bestseller and is widely praised for exploring the biology of humans at their best and worst"

Penguin Books UK

"Known for his engaging lectures, Robert M. Sapolsky has garnered attention for his contributions to understanding human behavior from an evolutionary perspective"

Wikipedia

"Robert M. Sapolsky's most recent books, 'Determined' and 'Behave,' were New York Times bestsellers"

Penguin Random House

"Robert M. Sapolsky’s work has featured in the National Geographic documentary 'Stress: Portrait of a Killer' and articles in The New York Times"

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