Are You Rewarding Aggression with Status? | Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky explains the real role of testosterone. He explains that testosterone doesn't actually cause aggression, and mainly works towards the maintenance of status - whatever the means of maintaining status be. The problem, however, is that oftentimes aggression is rewarded with status.
⚪️ This short is extracted From Robert Sapolsky: The biology of humans at our best and worst - Stanford Iranian Studies Program. #shorts
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✏️ Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is currently a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.
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