Robert Sapolsky

actually warps your body. And now, Robert, now we come back to the case of the mysteriously enlarged thymus. Because if you're poor, you're worried about your job. You're worried about feeding your family. You're worried about the bills. In other words, you are stressed out.

actually warps your body. And now, Robert, now we come back to the case of the mysteriously enlarged thymus. Because if you're poor, you're worried about your job. You're worried about feeding your family. You're worried about the bills. In other words, you are stressed out.

For 150 years, doctors had been dissecting cadavers, pointing at organs which they thought were normal, but which were in fact shrunken from a life of poverty and stress, and saying, that's normal! So that when these SIDS babies show up with these gigantic thymuses, oh my god! In fact, that was the first time they'd ever seen a normal one.

For 150 years, doctors had been dissecting cadavers, pointing at organs which they thought were normal, but which were in fact shrunken from a life of poverty and stress, and saying, that's normal! So that when these SIDS babies show up with these gigantic thymuses, oh my god! In fact, that was the first time they'd ever seen a normal one.

For 150 years, doctors had been dissecting cadavers, pointing at organs which they thought were normal, but which were in fact shrunken from a life of poverty and stress, and saying, that's normal! So that when these SIDS babies show up with these gigantic thymuses, oh my god! In fact, that was the first time they'd ever seen a normal one.