Robert Sapolsky | Father-Offspring Interviews

Robert Sapolsky explains how hemispherectomy serves as a dramatic example of neuroplasticity, detailing how the remaining brain hemisphere…

Robert Sapolsky explores mass psychogenic laughter outbreaks, arguing they serve as "rituals of rebellion" allowing repressed groups to safely mock authority.

Robert Sapolsky debunks the Malthusian overpopulation myth, explaining how global fertility rates have plummeted to replacement levels without…

Robert Sapolsky debunks the myth that birth order strongly shapes personality, noting that while it correlates with minor IQ differences and sexual…

Robert Sapolsky explores the neurobiology of time perception, detailing how the striatum, cerebellum, and hippocampus use "wisdom of the crowd" principles to measure seconds and years.

Robert Sapolsky analyzes the Lindsay Clancy trial, distinguishing postpartum psychosis from depression and schizophrenia through its rapid onset, visual hallucinations, and focused delusions.

Robert Sapolsky and his son discuss the gut-brain axis, debunking exaggerated claims about microbiome links to psychiatric disorders while highlighting promising vagal nerve pathways in animal models.

Robert Sapolsky explores the neurobiology of introversion and extroversion, arguing that existing literature is biased toward "agentic" rewards like status and money.