Great courses (DVD). Better living

Lecturer: Professor Robert Sapolsky, Stanford University

Feeling stressed? You're not alone. Stress is a fact of life. And the key to changing how stress affects you is a thorough knowledge of how it works-which you'll find in the 24 fascinating lessons of Stress and Your Body, taught by one of the world's foremost researchers on stress and neurobiology

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We?

Episode 2

The Nuts and Bolts of the Stress-Response

Episode 3

Stress and Your Heart

Episode 4

Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets

Episode 5

Stress, Overeating, and Your Digestive Tract

Episode 6

Stress and Growth- Echoes from the Womb

Episode 7

Stress, Growth, and Child Development

Episode 8

Stress and Female Reproduction

Episode 9

Stress and Male Reproduction

Episode 10

Stress and Your Immune System

Episode 11

Stress and Cancer

Episode 12

Stress and Pain

Episode 13

Stress, Learning, and Memory

Episode 14

Stress, Judgment, and Impulse Control

Episode 15

Stress, Sleep, and Lack of Sleep

Episode 16

Stress and Aging

Episode 17

Understanding Psychological Stress

Episode 18

Psychological Modulators of Stress

Episode 19

Stress and the Biology of Depression

Episode 20

Stress and the Psychology of Depression

Episode 21

Anxiety, Hostility, Repression, and Reward

Episode 22

Stress, Health, and Low Social Status

Episode 23

Stress Management- Clues to Success?

Episode 24

Stress Management- Approaches and Cautions