Sociology 2246A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Whitehall Study, Longitudinal Study, Model Organism
10 Feb 2019
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Stress: the portrait of a killer: sapolsky has been studying baboons for decades. Baboons are not stressed by lions chasing them but are stressed by each other. We hyperventilate, our hearts beat faster, muscles tense. Baboon troops have large brains to navigate society". Every male often has the most power in baboon societies. A baboon"s rank determined the level of stress hormone in the system. The lower you were in the hierarchy, the higher the risk of developing heart disease.
