Dr. Robert Sapolsky appears in the following:
New Normal?
Monday, October 19, 2009
Peacenik baboons, a man in a dress, and cuddly tame foxes. Stories of adaptation, and reframing ideas about normalcy.
Parasites
Monday, September 07, 2009
Tales of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and even mind-controlled humans (kinda, maybe).
Diagnosis
Monday, December 29, 2008
Humans love to solve problems. This hour, Diagnosis -- our attempt to find out what's wrong, and give it a label.
I haven't been myself lately
Robert Sapolsky, a Neuroscience Professor at Stanford University, relates how porous the boundary can be between two distinct selves, and how maybe this is a perfectly healthy phenomenon.
Read more:
Robert Sapolsky's The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predicament
Who Am I?
Monday, May 07, 2007
The "mind" and "self" were formerly the domain of philosophers & priests. But this hour, neurologists lead the charge.
Stress
Monday, April 09, 2007
Stories of stress -- from a singer who loses her voice, to an author caught in a body that never grew up.
Where Am I?
Friday, May 05, 2006
Radiolab examines the connection between your brain and your body -- and what happens when it breaks.
