Biology and Human Behavior : The Neurological Origins of Individuality /
Robert Sapolsky ; The Teaching Company.
- 2nd ed.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2005.
- 4 DVDs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook
- The Great Courses Science & Mathematics Biology .
Includes 4 DVDs of 24 x 30 min. lectures. Also Includes Course Guidebook.
Includes bibliographical references.
"When are we responsible for our own actions, and when are we in the grip of biological forces beyond our control? This intriguing question is the scientific province of behavioral biology, a field that explores interactions among the brain, mind, body, and environment that have a surprising influence on how we behave—from the people we fall in love with, to the intensity of our spiritual lives, to the degree of our aggressive impulses. In short, it is the study of how our brains make us the individuals that we are. This course is an interdisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject. In 24 lectures, you will investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors, some of them abnormal. You will see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: Disc 1 Lecture 1. Biology and Behavior - An Introduction Lecture 2. The Basic Cells of the Nervous System Lecture 3. How Two Neurons Communicate Lecture 4. Learning and Synaptic Plasticity Lecture 5. The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons Lecture 6. The Limbic System Disc 2 Lecture 7. The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Lecture 8. The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain Lecture 9. The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones Lecture 10. The Evolution of Behavior Lecture 11. The Evolution of Behavior - Some Examples Lecture 12. Cooperation, Competition, and Neuroeconomics Disc 3 Lecture 13. What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 14. What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 15. Behavior Genetics Lecture 16. Behavior Genetics and Prenatal Environment Lecture 17. An Introduction to Ethology Lecture 18. Neuroethology Disc 4 Lecture 19. The Neurobiology of Aggression I Lecture 20. The Neurobiology of Aggression II Lecture 21. Hormones and Aggression Lecture 22. Early Experience and Aggression Lecture 23. Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation Lecture 24. A Summary
"When are we responsible for our own actions, and when are we in the grip of biological forces beyond our control? This intriguing question is the scientific province of behavioral biology, a field that explores interactions among the brain, mind, body, and environment that have a surprising influence on how we behave—from the people we fall in love with, to the intensity of our spiritual lives, to the degree of our aggressive impulses. In short, it is the study of how our brains make us the individuals that we are. This course is an interdisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject. In 24 lectures, you will investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors, some of them abnormal. You will see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work." (Publisher's Website) DVD CONTENTS:
Disc 1 Lecture 1. Biology and Behavior - An Introduction Lecture 2. The Basic Cells of the Nervous System Lecture 3. How Two Neurons Communicate Lecture 4. Learning and Synaptic Plasticity Lecture 5. The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons Lecture 6. The Limbic System
Disc 2 Lecture 7. The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Lecture 8. The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain Lecture 9. The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones Lecture 10. The Evolution of Behavior Lecture 11. The Evolution of Behavior - Some Examples Lecture 12. Cooperation, Competition, and Neuroeconomics
Disc 3 Lecture 13. What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 14. What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 15. Behavior Genetics Lecture 16. Behavior Genetics and Prenatal Environment Lecture 17. An Introduction to Ethology Lecture 18. Neuroethology
Disc 4 Lecture 19. The Neurobiology of Aggression I Lecture 20. The Neurobiology of Aggression II Lecture 21. Hormones and Aggression Lecture 22. Early Experience and Aggression Lecture 23. Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation Lecture 24. A Summary GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope
LECTURE GUIDES Lecture 1: Biology and Behavior - An Introduction Module I: The Neurobiology of Behavior at the Cellular Level Lecture 2: The Basic Cells of the Nervous System Lecture 3: How Two Neurons Communicate Lecture 4: Learning and Synaptic Plasticity Module II: The Neurobiology of Behavior at the Systems Level Lecture 5: The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons Lecture 6: The Limbic System Lecture 7: The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Module III: The Neuroendocrinology of Behavior Lecture 8: The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain Lecture 9: The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones Module IV: Evolution and the Neurobiology of Behavior Lecture 10: The Evolution of Behavior Lecture 11: The Evolution of Behavior - Some Examples Lecture 12: Cooperation, Competition, and Neuroeconomics Module V: Molecular Biology, Genetics, and the Neurobiology of Behavior Lecture 13: What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 14: What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes Lecture 15: Behavior Genetics Lecture 16: Behavior Genetics and Prenatal Environment Module VI: The Ethological Context of Brain and Behavior Lecture 17: An Introduction to Ethology Lecture 18: Neuroethology Module VII: Integrating Approaches in Studying the Behavioral Neurobiology of Aggression Lecture 19: The Neurobiology of Aggression I Lecture 20: The Neurobiology of Aggression II Lecture 21: Hormones and Aggression Lecture 22: Early Experience and Aggression Lecture 23: Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation Lecture 24: A Summary
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
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