Stress and Your Body

Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We? (1x1)

: 30, 2010

In Professor Sapolsky's introductory lecture, get a behind-the-scenes look at the science of stress and preview the groundwork for the course ahead. What exactly happens to our bodies when we come under stress? And how is our response to stress different from that of a zebra being hunted along a savannah?