Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

We are just another primate but a very confused, malleable one.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.

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.

How much you groom somebody else is more important than who grooms you.

Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads.

If you care about your longevity and health, be a socially affiliated baboon who is better than high-ranking ones at walking away from provocations.