Book Summaries
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Book Summaries
Ten Drugs- thomas Hager
People have different diseases, doctors hold different ideas about those diseases, and diseases carry different meanings in society
No drug is good, no drug is bad, for every drug is both
Poppy seeds- over 10,000 years ago- in today’s Syria
Opium was appealing because it always pitched the body while romancing the imagination... See more
People have different diseases, doctors hold different ideas about those diseases, and diseases carry different meanings in society
No drug is good, no drug is bad, for every drug is both
Poppy seeds- over 10,000 years ago- in today’s Syria
Opium was appealing because it always pitched the body while romancing the imagination... See more
Memoirs of an addicted brain - Marc Lewis
Alcohol- GABA and glutamate
Cough syrup - limbic systems (glutamate)
Weed- cannabinioids
PCP- NMDA antagonist
Excitatory (glutamate) neurons and inhibitory neurons(GABA)- alcohol enhances GABA and quenches glutamate
Limbic system- hypothalamus and amygdala stores the memory and anticipation and keeps telling th... See more
Alcohol- GABA and glutamate
Cough syrup - limbic systems (glutamate)
Weed- cannabinioids
PCP- NMDA antagonist
Excitatory (glutamate) neurons and inhibitory neurons(GABA)- alcohol enhances GABA and quenches glutamate
Limbic system- hypothalamus and amygdala stores the memory and anticipation and keeps telling th... See more
Homo Deus - Yuval Harari
Benthem- pleasure and pain dictate everything we do
Biochemical pursuit of happiness- develop products and treatments for unending stream of pleasant sensations
Buddha- pursuit of pleasant sensations is the root of suffering. We can train our minds to observe all sensations as they arise and pass. When the mind can see our se... See more
Benthem- pleasure and pain dictate everything we do
Biochemical pursuit of happiness- develop products and treatments for unending stream of pleasant sensations
Buddha- pursuit of pleasant sensations is the root of suffering. We can train our minds to observe all sensations as they arise and pass. When the mind can see our se... See more
Strange order of things - Antonio Damasio
Homeostasis ensures that life is regulated within a range that is not just compatible with survival but also conducive to flourishing, to a projection of life into the future of an organism or species — we can think of feelings as mental deputies of homeostasis
Nervous systems make minds not by themselves bu... See more
Homeostasis ensures that life is regulated within a range that is not just compatible with survival but also conducive to flourishing, to a projection of life into the future of an organism or species — we can think of feelings as mental deputies of homeostasis
Nervous systems make minds not by themselves bu... See more
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