In “Determine: A Science of Life Without Free Will,” the neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky takes up a question that philosophers have asked for eons, and finds an answer in how our brains work. Sapolsky ...

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Let’s face it: Most of us are species-centric. When a disturbing incident compels us to contemplate the mysteries of human behavior, we tend to compare one individual, family, or culture to another.

Robert Sapolsky (2023) and Kevin Mitchell (2023) are both biologists who have written books that come to opposite conclusions about the existence of free will. Sapolsky's book Determined argues that ...

Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic ...

Shedding the concept “completely strikes at our sense of identity and autonomy,” the Stanford biologist and neuroscientist argues. It might also be liberating. Robert Sapolsky, biologist and ...

Here are the five works of nonfiction that most held our attention in 2017. “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst,” by Robert M. Sapolsky (Penguin Press, $35, 800 pages). If you ever ...

Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says nearly all aspects of human behavior are explained by biology: from developments millions of years in the past... Robert Sapolsky: How Much Agency Do We Have Over ...