- Adaptation, Psychological, Physiopathology, Prevention & control, Psychological Adaptation
Explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and memory loss.
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Spare, contemporary, cool and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Robert M. Sapolsky
- First published
- November 1993
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Co (Sd), W.H. Freeman and Co., Stanford Alumni Assn.
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780716732105
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Robert Maurice Sapolsky (born 1957) is an American scientist and author. He is currently professor of Biological Sciences, 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. --From Wikipedia
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