Robert Sapolsky

Robert Morris Sapolsky (born 1957) is an American neuroendocrinologist, professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery at Stanford University, researcher and author. He is currently a professor of biological sciences, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.

Early life and education

Sapolsky was born in Brooklyn, New York to immigrants from the Soviet Union. He was raised as an Orthodox Jew and spent his time reading about and imagining living with silverback gorillas. By age 12, he was writing fan letters to primatologists. He attended John Dewey High School and, by that time, he was reading textbooks on the subject and teaching himself Swahili.

Sapolsky describes himself as an atheist. He stated in his acceptance speech for the Emperor Has No Clothes Award in 2003, "I was raised in an Orthodox (Jewish) household, and I was raised devoutly religious up until around age 13 or so. In my adolescent years, one of the defining actions in my life was breaking away from all religious belief whatsoever."

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Primates Are Us

CounterPunch 14 Dec 2018

Some of the more interesting questions about human behavior in recent years have been raised by primatologists like Frans de Waal and Robert Sapolsky ... In the animal kingdom, according to Sapolsky, consoling a victim from aggression may elicit sympathy from other group members as happens among chimpanzees, crows, dogs, elephants, ravens, and wolves....

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ESSAY: The Evolving Holiday Season

Pagosa Daily Post 12 Dec 2018

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South Africa: To Stop Violence, We Must Raise Our Children Differently

All Africa 07 Dec 2018

Biology shapes violence. In a significant review of the literature, Robert Sapolsky shows that human actions are shaped by environmental stimuli and their impact on biological processes that our conscious selves know nothing about. Individuals don't simply choose how to behave ... We cannot will these processes to stop .......

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LinkedIn Top Voices 2018: From Ravi Shankar Prasad to Debjani Ghosh, 25 Indians lead conversations

Your Story 21 Nov 2018

LinkedIn’s released its “Top Voices” list for 2018, bringing together startup founders, CEOs, a minister and even an IPS officer from India ... Here are the 25 that made this year’s #LinkedInTopVoices in India ... Kiran Bedi ... Interestingly, his favourite read is Behave, a book about Stanford researcher Robert Sapolsky and his theories on nature and nurture....

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Live longer by attending worship

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 30 Oct 2018

Omar Manejwala ... Dr ... In a study Dr ... In Robert Sapolsky’s book, “Why Zebras Don’t’ Get Ulcers,” he talks about the adverse health effects of stress on addiction, sleep, and illnesses such as cancer and heart disease ... Sapolsky says that spirituality plays a key role in protecting against the negative effects of these destructive emotions ... .......

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Opinion | Why the poor make unhealthy decisions

Live Mint 24 Oct 2018

A recent article in Scientific American by Robert M. Sapolsky, professor of biological sciences, neurology and neurological sciences, Stanford University, provides an interesting new perspective as to why the poor in the world suffer from ill-health. According to Sapolsky, ......

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Oct. 7-9: SF Italian Heritage Parade, Dover Quartet, Justin Townes Earle, Lenora Lee Dance, Half ...

San Francisco Examiner 06 Oct 2018

SUNDAY, OCT. 7. San Francisco Italian Heritage Parade. The 150-year-old event is a spectacle that proceeds south through North Beach on Columbus Avenue and ends in Washington Square in front of Saints Peter and Paul Church. Dover Quartet ... Justin Townes Earle ... Unitarian Universalist San Francisco Forum ... Lenora Lee Dance ... Future Generations ... Robert Sapolsky....

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Two people testified. Then millions had their say

CNN 30 Sep 2018

(CNN)After the two had had their say, the millions had theirs ... a vote to forward Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate ... Read More ... (It helped that she knew from her hippocampus, wrote Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, bolstering her explanation of why her memory of the alleged attack was detailed in some places but not in others.) ... Bad." ... ....

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This part of the brain holds the key to Ford's memory

CNN 28 Sep 2018

(CNN)Thursday was one remarkable day for neuroscientists. Study the brain and you work in obscurity on obscure brain regions with obscure functions. And suddenly, one of those regions was front-and-center in the drama playing out in Washington. America sat mesmerized, listening to the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford ... Robert Sapolsky ... Sen ... Read More ... ....

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Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Sept. 17-24

LA Daily News 17 Sep 2018

Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council meets on Sept. 20 at Lake View Terrace Recreation Center. (Google Street View) ... Here are this week’s, and upcoming, get-togethers. LGBTQIA coming out process workshop ... Sept. 17 ... 818-343-1983. bit.ly/2MSnAjv. Valley Vote ... Sept ... The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst” by Robert M. Sapolsky, 6.30-7.30 p.m ... ....

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Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley area, Sept. 10-17

LA Daily News 09 Sep 2018

Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences plus the potential for positive personal and community enrichment. Here are this week’s, and upcoming, get-togethers. Westlake Village Women’s Club ... Sept. 11 ... Sept ... The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst” by Robert M. Sapolsky, 6.30-7.30 p.m....

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New memoirs about fashion and boxing show men fighting toxic masculinity

Quartz 08 Sep 2018

His interviews with scholars such as Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neuroscientist who speaks to the nuances of how testosterone affects behavior, bring a greater depth of understanding to these interactions. Sapolsky explains that testosterone doesn’t increase aggression as we ......

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Community Calendar: Aug. 15-22, 2018

Corvallis Gazette-Times 15 Aug 2018

GOVERNMENT. THURSDAY, AUG. 16. Philomath School Board. 7 p.m., Philomath School District Office, 1620 Applegate St., agendas, packets published online at bit.ly/philomath-schools-packet. TUESDAY, AUG. 21 ... 16 ... 17 ... 18 ... Noon-1 p.m., Philomath Community Library, 1050 Applegate St., August club selection is “A Primate’s Memoir” by Robert M. Sapolsky, 541-929-3016....