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Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd Edition

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Investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, genes, experience, hormones, and other influences to produce a wide range of behaviors, led by a prominent neurobiologist, zoologist, and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient.

Syllabus

  • 01: Biology and Behavior-An Introduction
  • 02: The Basic Cells of the Nervous System
  • 03: How Two Neurons Communicate
  • 04: Learning and Synaptic Plasticity
  • 05: The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons
  • 06: The Limbic System
  • 07: The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
  • 08: The Regulation of Hormones by the Brain
  • 09: The Regulation of the Brain by Hormones
  • 10: The Evolution of Behavior
  • 11: The Evolution of Behavior-Some Examples
  • 12: Cooperation, Competition, and Neuroeconomics
  • 13: What Do Genes Do? Microevolution of Genes
  • 14: What Do Genes Do? Macroevolution of Genes
  • 15: Behavior Genetics
  • 16: Behavior Genetics and Prenatal Environment
  • 17: An Introduction to Ethology
  • 18: Neuroethology
  • 19: The Neurobiology of Aggression I
  • 20: The Neurobiology of Aggression II
  • 21: Hormones and Aggression
  • 22: Early Experience and Aggression
  • 23: Evolution, Aggression, and Cooperation
  • 24: A Summary
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Robert Sapolsky

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