Stress : portrait of a killer /

Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to...

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Other Authors:	Heminway, John (Director, Screenwriter), Goldman, Linda (Producer), Klagsbrun, David (Film editor), Sapolsky, Robert M. (Speaker)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Washington, DC] : National Geographic, [2008]
Series:	National Geographic Society special.
Subjects:	Sapolsky, Robert M. Stress management. Stress (Physiology) Stress (Psychology) Self-care, Health. Personality. Mental illness > Treatment. Mental health. Anxiety > Treatment. Anxiety disorders > Treatment. Anxiety disorders. Stress tolerance (Psychology) Stress (Psychology) > Prevention. Hormones > Physiological effect. Job stress > Physiological effect. Stress (Physiology) > Endocrine aspects. Baboons > Effect of stress on. Documentary films. Educational films. Nonfiction films. Streaming videos. Video recordings. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. Over the last three decades, science has been advancing the understanding of stress-how it impacts the human body and how social standing can make a person more or less susceptible. Through studies of baboons on the plains of Africa and research in the neuroscience labs of Stanford University, scientists are discovering just how lethal stress can be. Understanding how stress works can help people figure out ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. As Stress: Portrait of a Killer shows, stress is not just a state of mind; it's something measurable and dangerous.
Item Description:	Originally aired on the National Geographic Channel in 2008. Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Aug. 03, 2010. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (56 min.)) : digital, sound, color.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Flash Player or compatible software. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Video file format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (MP4).
Audience:	10 & up.
Production Credits:	Editor, David Klagsbrun.
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