Stuart Ritchie

Rules of behaviour

Robert Sapolsky discusses the regions of the brain governing fear and self-control. But not all his research convinces

  • Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

    Robert Sapolsky

    Bodley Head, pp. 800

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