Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

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#21: Bird-Brains, Nature | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Dec 05, 2024

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Episode 21 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include a continued discussion of nature and awe, bird-brains, and mosquitos.

#22: “Kitschy” Nostalgia, body-picking disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Dec 05, 2024

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Episode 22 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include aging preferences for “kitschy” trinkets, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and personal disorder struggles.

#25: Brain Exercise, Pain Types, Music | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Dec 05, 2024

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Episode 25 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics include exercising brain parts, type of pain, and the reason for rhythm.

#20: Dogs! | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 20 of Father-Offspring Interviews. This video is all about dogs – Williams Syndrome in humans and dogs, genetic changes in dogs, dogs vs cats, and more.

#19: Phobias, Apotemnophilia, Youthful Biases | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 19 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include “prepared learning” of phobias, non-human primate parenting, voting bias in kids, and more.

#18: Tickling, Negativity Dominance, Household Baboons | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 18 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include a study on tickling, why negatives overpower, and the presence the baboons have in our household.

#17: Violence, Catan, Neurodegenerative Disorders | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 17 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include theories on origins of human violence, Settlers of Catan strategies, interactions with neurodegenerative diseases, and more.

#16: Sex Brains, Jerusalem Syndrome, legal work | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 16 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include sex differences in the brain, Marshmallow Testing the Offsprings, Sapolsky’s work with juries, and more.

#15: Non-human disorders, “gut,” People Magazine | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 15 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include anxiety/depression in non-human primates, orexin-2 antagonist, “gut feelings,” and more.

#14: Ketamine, anti-Semitism, astrology | Robert Sapolsky Father-Offspring Interviews Nov 28, 2024

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Episode 14 of Father-Offspring Interviews. Topics in this video include neurobiology of “the right thing,” differences between treatments, anti-Semitism, and more.