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  • Sean Carroll's Mindscape Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do (Season 1, Episode 134)
  • Podcast Episode | 98 min | Talk-Show

Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do (Season 1, Episode 134)
Podcast Episode | 98 min | Talk-Show
A common argument against free will is that human behavior is not freely chosen, but rather determined by a number of factors. So what are those factors, anyway? There's no one better equipped to answer this question than Robert Sapolsky, ...See moreA common argument against free will is that human behavior is not freely chosen, but rather determined by a number of factors. So what are those factors, anyway? There's no one better equipped to answer this question than Robert Sapolsky, a leading psychoneurobiologist who has studied human behavior from a variety of angles. In this conversation we follow the path Sapolsky sets out in his bestselling book Behave, where he examines the influences on our behavior from a variety of timescales, from the very short (signals from the amygdala) to the quite ancient (genetic factors tracing back tens of thousands of years and more). It's a dizzying tour that helps us understand the complexity of human action. See less
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Sean Carroll
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Earth to Echo (2014)
Robert Sapolsky
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Querschnitt (1971)
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