Perhaps most excitingly, we are uncovering the brain basis of our behaviors - normal, abnormal and in-between. We are mapping a neurobiology of what makes us us.
Robert M. SapolskyWhat happened during the minutes before? That's the realm of sensory stimuli of the nervous system.
Robert M. SapolskyWe live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.
Robert M. SapolskyWhat does the frontal cortex do? Gratification postponement, executive function, long-term planning, and impulse control. Basically, it makes you do the harder thing.
Robert M. Sapolsky