The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

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The book aims to explain the broad, profound influence of the dopamine “pleasure molecule” in everyday life, at cultural branching points in human history, and as a driving force in human evolution. sau, dacă suntem în căutarea unei aventuri romantice, întâlnirea unui partener nou şi fascinant la masa lipicioasă din acelaşi bar vechi (Ce ar putea să se întâmple? Why do we crave what we don't have rather than feel good about what we do-and why do fools fall in love? Living in the moment makes a human happy, as does appreciating what you already have and doing your best not to pine for more. nurture plays a big role here too, as anyone has a unique backpack of genes, different brain structures, and all those other things we hardly understand, so there is a huge spectrum of how much influence hormones take on ones´ lives, there is everything from lively, emotional, courageous and charismatic to me.

Some pages in the book have very psychology-heavy contents, such as the chapter about drugs and addiction. Dar când totul, inclusiv iubirea, devine familiar, entuziasmul începe să dispară, iar atenția noastră este atrasă de alte lucruri. Even an object that is across the room (one that you can see), the desire to go and pick it up is driven by dopamine, because dopamine is the molecule that allows us to imagine a potential future. Tengo un amigo que cuando escuchó por primera vez el podcast del neurocientífico de Stanford, Andrew Huberman, me dijo: “El tío mola mucho y es una pasada escucharle… una pena que se lo invente todo”.Lieberman is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University.

From this understanding--the difference between possessing something versus anticipating it--we can understand in a revolutionary new way why we behave as we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion - and we can even predict those behaviors in ourselves and others.

Some of the best (engaging + entertaining + educational + enlightening) science writing I have experienced in quite some time.

If you want to understand how this neurochemical influences our everyday basic behavior or are curious about dopaminergic personality, start with this book. Picasso and Einstein, both geniuses in their respective fields, are known to have philandered about with a variety of women (despite both being married several times throughout their lives). In schizophrenia the brain short-circuits, attaching salience to ordinary things that ought to be familiar and therefore ignored.This is free download The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity–and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Ca fiinţe umane, ajungem la un aflux de dopamină în urma unor surprize similare, promițătoare: sosirea unui bileţel de la persoana iubită (Ce scrie în el? Cred că unii oameni de știință nu vor ca șefii lor să îi vadă stând degeaba, așa că fac tot felul de studii inutile. Even though the control and desire systems are driven by exactly the same molecule, their functions couldn’t be more different. Mental time travel is in constant use because it’s the mechanism for making every conscious choice in life.