Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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Robert M. Sapolsky Behave The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Penguin Press (2017) 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