Video Series: Dr. Robert Sapolsky - "Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology"

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Video: 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology

http://youtu.be/NNnIGh9g6fA

(March 29, 2010) Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking

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Video: 2. Behavioral Evolution

http://youtu.be/Y0Oa4Lp5fLE

(March 31, 2010) Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky lectures on the biology of behavioral evolution and thoroughly discusses examples such as The Prisoner's Dilemma

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Video: 3. Behavioral Evolution II

http://youtu.be/oKNAzl-XN4I

(April 2, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues his two-part series on evolution focusing on individual and kin selection, behavioral logic, competitive infanticide, male/female animal hierarchies, sex-ratio fluctuation, intersexual competition, imprinted genes, sperm competition, inbred-founder populations, group and multi-level selection, and punctuated equilibrium.

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Video: 4. Molecular Genetics I

http://youtu.be/_dRXA1_e30o

(April 5, 2010) Robert Sapolsky makes interdisciplinary connections between behavioral biology and molecular genetic influences. He relates protein synthesis and point mutations to microevolutionary change, and discusses conflicting theories of gradualism and punctuated equilibrium and the influence of epigenetics on development theories.

[Lucas Daniel Smith]

Very interesting. I just started watching today.

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Video: 5. Molecular Genetics II

http://youtu.be/dFILgg9_hrU


(April 7, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues his series on molecular genetics in which he discusses domains of mutation and various components of natural selection on a molecular level. He also further assesses gradualism and punctuated equilibrium models of evolution, integrating these theories into an interrelated model of development.

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Video: 6. Behavioral Genetics I

Video: 6. Behavioral Genetics I

http://youtu.be/e0WZx7lUOrY


(April 12, 2010) Robert Sapolsky introduces a two-part series exploring the controversial scientific practice of inferring behavior to genetics. He covers classical techniques in behavior genetics and flaws, the significance of environmental factors, non genetic inheritance of traits, and multigenerational effects and relationship to epigenetic differences.

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Video: 7. Behavioral Genetics II

http://youtu.be/RG5fN6KrDJE

(April 14, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues his series addressing the link between behavior and genetics. He covers the complex endeavor of gene isolation and variability and heritability and wrongly eliminated environmental influences in heritability tests -- finding that genes and environment are infinitely interconnected and co-dependent on each other.

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Video: 8. Recognizing Relatives

http://youtu.be/P388gUPSq_I

(April 16, 2010) Robert Sapolsky discusses various methods of innate recognition of relatives between animals and humans through protein signatures, olfactory cellular mechanisms, cognitive, and sensory processes. He explores the importance of relatedness in animal mating/ovulation cycles and other phenomena that show how organisms identify each other.

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Video: 9. Ethology

http://youtu.be/ISVaoLlW104

(April 19, 2010) Robert Sapolsky looks at the biology of behavior through the ethological lens: observing animals in various natural environments, in their own language. He explores behavioral variety, the importance of gene environment interactions, experimental testing of fixed action patterns, the releasing of informational stimuli, and neuroethology.

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Video: 10. Introduction to Neuroscience I

Video: 10. Introduction to Neuroscience I

http://youtu.be/5031rWXgdYo

(April 21, 2010) Nathan Woodling and Anthony Chung-Ming Ng give a broad overview of the field of neuroscience and how it relates to human biology. They discuss the different lobes of the brain and the cells within as well as neuropharmacology and re-uptake.

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Video: 11. Introduction to Neuroscience II

http://youtu.be/uqU9lmFztOU

(April 23, 2010) Patrick House discusses memories and how they are formed. Dana Turker then lectures about the autonomic nervous system and its functions.

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Video: 12. Endocrinology

http://youtu.be/yETVsV4zfFw

(April 26, 2010) William Peterson and Tom McFadden introduce the field of endocrinology. They explore at the contextual basis of the endocrine system, peptide vs. steroid hormones, the processes by which the brain controls hormones, and hormonal influence on the brain.

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Video: 13. Advanced Neurology and Endocrinology

http://youtu.be/kAfz0yAcOyQ

(April 28, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues the exploration of endocrinology and neurology. He looks at more complicated systems of communication within neurobiology, the limbic system's role in personality and behavior, abnormal behavior possibilities within these systems, and individual organism variation and imprinting.

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Video: 14. Limbic System

http://youtu.be/CAOnSbDSaOw

(April 30, 2010) Robert Sapolsky focuses on the role of the limbic system as the emotional component of the nervous system. He explores its influence on decision making, its connection to the cortex, and the various functions of subparts within the limbic system circuitry.