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Abhijeet Patra • 1 card
Mitch Anthony
@mitchanthony
Neuro modulators bias which neurons are likely to be active and which are not active (kind of like a playlist that plays only particular „moods“ or genres). It makes certain circuits more or less active. Chemical systems like neuro-modulators have a lot of receptors, which behave like parking spots. Once the chemical attaches to the receptor it cau... See more
Andrew Huberman • How Your Brain Works & Changes
George Bilbrey
@gbilbrey
Michael Dov Berman
@mdb
The emotional brain’s cellular organization and biochemistry are simpler than those of the neocortex, our rational brain, and it assesses incoming information in a more global way. As a result, it jumps to conclusions based on rough similarities, in contrast with the rational brain, which is organized to sort through a complex set of options.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
One after another, the greatest figures in physics seemed to develop an unexpected late-career interest in the mystery of life itself, even taking abrupt shifts toward the formal study of biology.