Fish Quote by Robert Sapolsky

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.

— Anonymous

While studying the effects of accumulated stress on the nervous system, I began to suspect that most organisms have an innate capacity to rebound…

— Peter A. Levine

“This is the critical point of this book: if you are that zebra running for your life, or that lion sprinting for your meal,…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

As I became more interested in behavior from the standpoint of neurobiology, the stress-response became really interesting. What stress physiology is about is -…

— Robert Sapolsky

It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.

— George Vaillant

Animals are great for calming the spirit when you're stressed.

— James Bowen

“Prolonged stress causes the human body to make adaptations so it can continue to serve you at a functional level. The more stress, the…

— Janet Gallagher Nestor

“This brings up a key concept, namely the inverted U. The complete absence of stress is aversively boring. Moderate, transient stress is wonderful—various aspects…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Because sloths' metabolisms are so slow, they don't exhibit many external signs of stress and it can be hard to determine their mood.

— Ann Burton

“if you’re stressed like a normal mammal in an acute physical crisis, the stress response is lifesaving. But if instead you chronically activate the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

— Hans Selye

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

— Barney Frank