Stanford's Sapolsky and National Geo produce a documentary on stress

Avi sez, "Prof. Robert Sapolsky (along with National Geographic) has produced a superb introduction to how stress works and how best to cope with it. A summation of his lifelong study of stress, this video effectively delivers Sapolsky's personal perspective on Stress that may help you live a better, longer life."

Sapolsky's lectures on stress (see link below) are some of the most interesting scientific explanations for everyday phenomena I've ever read. Stress: Portrait of a Killer (Thanks, Avi!)

See also: Mind-opening lectures on the physiology of stress

[#1 posted by Stu Mark , October 1, 2008 5:51 AM]

Robert Sapolsky's "A Primate's Memoir" is my favorite of his books - he really opened up my head to help me understand primates, including humans. His writing style is candid, open-minded, and inclusive. I think he's a great example for future academics.

[#2 posted by pinch , October 1, 2008 6:34 AM]

It stresses me to watch Saplosky talk about stress.
Time to get lit.

[#3 posted by anguilla , October 1, 2008 11:50 AM]

Dang this aired Sept 24. I'm sorry I missed it!

[#4 posted by TEKNA2007 , October 1, 2008 2:51 PM]

Anybody have updated version of the links in the previous article?

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/18/mindopening-lectures.html

All the non-iTunes links in that article are dead to me.

I watched them the first time around and it was good stuff, would love to see it again. IIRC, the takeaway message was extended stress + glucose insufficiency = neuron death in the hippocampus.

[#5 posted by aislefive , October 1, 2008 2:56 PM]

See LinkedIn's interview with Sapolsky from last week, promoting the piece before it aired:

http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2008/09/linkedin-gets-s.html

[#6 posted by Avi Solomon , October 1, 2008 4:30 PM]

The torrent flows like a river:)

[#7 posted by TEKNA2007 , October 1, 2008 5:16 PM]

avi :)