Behave

Book Playlist

Behave Playlist

by Robert M. Sapolsky

19 tracks

balanced

Mar 12, 2026

This playlist mirrors the complex and layered exploration of human behavior in "Behave" by Robert M. Sapolsky, blending thoughtful instrumentals that evoke the brain's intricate mechanisms with vocal tracks that reflect the emotional and cultural nuances of neuroscience and psychology. The mix of electronic, classical, and ambient instrumentals alongside introspective, experimental vocal songs parallels the book's scientific rigor and humanistic insight.

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Track List

19 songs

1

I Can Almost See You

Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

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2

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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3

Pockets of Light - Excerpt

Lubomyr Melnyk · Erased Tapes Collection VI

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4

Timecode

Anderholm · Flight of the Sparrow

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5

Theme - 2022 Remaster

Arovane · Tides (2022 Remaster)

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6

Perpetual Motion

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

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7

Te Maldigo (From "Queer")

Trent Reznor · Indie 2025

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8

Water from the Same Source

Christian Erik Frederickson · Systems / Layers

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9

Calming

FreeMind619 · Calm

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10

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · BBQ Summer

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11

Science

Vitamin String Quartet · VSQ Performs System of a Down

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12

Brain Damage

The Pink Floyd Story · American Horror Story - The Name Game

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13

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of Beck

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14

Paranoid Android

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Radiohead

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15

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

Mellow Meditation · Acoustic Piano Versions of Radiohead

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16

Human Behaviour

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of Bjork

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17

Numb

ROBINS · Numb

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18

Electric Feel

MGMT · Summer Pop Party Songs

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19

Good People

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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