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"Robert M. Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time."
--Oliver Sacks

The author of New York Times Bestseller Determined offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print.

Now in a third edition, the renowned primatologist Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.

As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick.

Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface(p. xi)
• 1 Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers?(p. 1)
• 2 Glands, Gooseflesh, and Hormones(p. 19)
• 3 Stroke, Heart Attacks, and Voodoo Death(p. 37)
• 4 Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets(p. 57)
• 5 Ulcers, the Runs, and Hot Fudge Sundaes(p. 71)
• 6 Dwarfism and the Importance of Mothers(p. 92)
• 7 Sex and Reproduction(p. 120)
• 8 Immunity, Stress, and Disease(p. 144)
• 9 Stress and Pain(p. 186)
• 10 Stress and Memory(p. 202)
• 11 Stress and a Good Night's Sleep(p. 226)
• 12 Aging and Death(p. 239)
• 13 Why Is Psychological Stress Stressful?(p. 252)
• 14 Stress and Depression(p. 271)
• 15 Personality, Temperament, and Their Stress-Related Consequences(p. 309)
• 16 Junkies, Adrenaline Junkies, and Pleasure(p. 335)
• 17 The View from the Bottom(p. 353)
• 18 Managing Stress(p. 384)
• Notes(p. 419)
• Illustration Credits(p. 517)
• Index(p. 521)

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From Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers : Regardless of how poorly we are getting along with a family member or how incensed we are about losing a parking spot, we rarely settle that sort of thing with a fistfight. Likewise, it is a rare event when we have to stalk and personally wrestle down our dinner. Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads. How many hippos worry about whether Social Security is going to last as long as they will, or even what they are going to say on a first date? Viewed from the perspective of the evolution of the human kingdom, psychological stress is a recent invention. If someone has just signed the order to hire a hated rival after months of plotting and maneuvering, her physiological responses might be shockingly similar to those of a savanna baboon who has just lunged and slashed the face of a competitor. And if someone spends months on end twisting his innards in anxiety, anger, and tension over some emotional problem, this might very well lead to illness. Excerpted from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Robert M. Sapolsky is a Professor of Biology & Neurology at Stanford & a Research Associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. He is the author of "The Trouble with Testosterone" & "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers", both Los Angeles Times Book Award finalists. A regular contributor to Discover & The Sciences & a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, Sapolsky lives in San Francisco, California.

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