Robert M. Sapolsky Quotes About Aggression

Quotes about: Aggression

• Brains distinguish between an Us and a Them in a fraction of a second. Subliminal processing of a Them activates the amygdala and insular cortex, brain regions that are all about fear, anxiety, aggression, and disgust.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Anxiety, Brain, Subliminal

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

• Individual differences in testosterone level predict very little about differences in aggression.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Individual Differences, Levels, Littles

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

• Importantly, rather than promoting aggression, testosterone promotes whatever is needed to maintain status when challenged.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Aggression, Needed, Testosterone

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

• The problem isn't testosterone and aggression; it's how often we reward aggression. And we do: We give medals to masters of the "right" kinds of aggression. We preferentially mate with them. We select them as our leaders.

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Giving, Leader, Rewards

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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