Robert Sapolsky (2023) and Kevin Mitchell (2023) are both biologists who have written books that come to opposite conclusions about the existence of free will. Sapolsky's book Determined argues that ...

The release of Determined, a new book by renowned Stanford professor of primate behavior and neuroscience Robert M. Sapolsky, has catapulted him into the middle of an ancient debate: whether humans ...

The ages-long debate about free will has a new champion in Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky and surprising new connections to our politics, writes Ryan Sanders. Michael Hogue You didn’t choose to ...

A review of Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. By Robert M. Sapolsky. Penguin Press. 528 pp. $32. Free will, Robert Sapolsky (professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, ...

Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic ...

If one idea is central to psychotherapy, it is that people choose and have at least partial control of and responsibility for their own actions. Making wise choices gives a person's life its best ...