Posted on 10/14/2019 10:45:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In the 1950s, researchers stumbled upon a new class of drugs that provided relief for those suffering from schizophrenia. These drugs were known as antipsychotics and, as the name suggests, they reduced symptoms like hallucinations and delusions — primarily by reducing the levels of dopamine in the brain. This led clinicians and scientists to argue that dopamine was linked to the experiences of psychotic symptoms, and a concerted research effort ensued, seeking to solve the puzzle of why excess dopamine might produce hallucinations.
Although it was later shown that increasing dopamine could produce hallucinations, establishing a consistent link between them, it has not been clear why.
They achieved this by taking advantage of a simple fact: Your brain is lazy. It makes shortcuts to understand the deluge of information that bombards it daily. If you’re presented with consistent information, consistently, your brain adjust its expectations of reality in turn. This is the basis of Bayesian theories of how we perceive the world – that is, the brain makes inferences about the world around us based on statistics and probabilities on what is likely to occur.
[I]ncreasing dopamine made it more difficult for participants to adjust their perception — an effect comparable to how the hallucinators had struggled. Moreover, the extent to which participants struggled was strongly associated with the severity of hallucinations — but not with any diagnosis of schizophrenia. In other words, the difficulty appeared to be associated with a symptom, not a diagnosis.
Using brain imaging, the researchers also showed that an increased capacity for dopamine release, from a part of the brain known as the striatum (an area involved in schizophrenia), was associated with the severity of hallucinations. Together, these experiments showed that excess dopamine was associated with difficulty in accurately predicting reality.
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Heat here is forced air over three ten kilowatt heat coils.
Over time, the wiring gets old and brittle.
Also, the relay that is supposed to pick to energize the coils doesn’t sound like it is picking since it isn’t buzzing anymore.
So it may be a matter of replacing the relay, the wiring, and the heat coils.
They have been in there since the place was built.
A number of questions, of course.
How much space needs to be heated?
How’s the electrical wiring elsewhere?
Do the heaters need to be “installed”, or can they be free-standing?
Why electrical? Is there no gas service?
Any other clues?
Oh, yeah.
Is this your house or your workplace?
Workplace.
So it’s on them to fix it.
But since they “fixed” the hit water, I’m not sure I want them to try and fix the heat.
Good morning, Tax-chick!
Oooohhh!!! Look at that little blush of color on the nu-nu, the ears and the rings on the tail! So pretty!
Good morning. I’ve had my shower and have to go get gas in the truck, then to Walmart to get some brownie mix and disposable pans for the Christmas Tree Festival, as Sharon will come by today and get them.
I didn’t take my list in all of yesterday’s stupidity, so of course I forgot half of what I needed to get. When I get back, I’m going to change all the stuff over and then I will tell you about yesterday. GAH!!
Good morning. It’s quite cold here!
I took Tom with me to Walmart and put him in charge of the list. He left it in the van. We got the important stuff!
Indeed, here too (upstate NY)! 13 degF. I’m still under the covers, but work beckons. I’m praying the driveway isn’t too icy. 1/2mile of gravel, with a steep downhill slope to the main road. It was pretty rough yesterday after the ice and snow Monday night..
It’s only a little warmer here in my Southern suburb. I’ll have to warm up the van before I take Patrick the Further Additional Son to school at 9:00 a.m.
Best wishes for a safe drive!
Happy Wednesday, all
They say the “real feel” (whatever that means) is 9. The actual thermometer reading is 25. We’re going up to a high of 37, which is, reportedly, exactly 1 degree higher than the lowest high (?) ever recorded on this date in this locale.
It sounds as though you’re losing all your highs and lows. Ain’t it funny how the real-feel goes awaaaa-eee-aaay?
And a happy Odin’s Day to you. The windows of the van are clear, so I won’t have to melt or scrape before taking Pat to school.
We bought a Jetta for young ArGee. She has discovered that she can’t run the motor while scraping the windshield because the car will lock the door.
She lives in an apartment without a garage so she cares about this.
Leave the door open.
That’s what she did last time, but apparently some snow blew in.
She’s in Columbus, OH. She got snow.
She just needs an extra key, either on her person or on the vehicle. Mine is behind my spare, NOT in a fender well. :o]
The system is antiquated and supremely inefficient. Your best action might be to make a suggestion that they replace it with an air-to-air heat pump system.
They might get tax credits for it, and it would pay for itself in reduced electricity bills.
You could perhaps even find a contractor willing to give a good price in hopes of getting further upgrades with them elsewhere.
Snow is rare here.
Yes. I told her how to go about getting one.
It’s not that easy for a VW and she doesn’t like taking care of things. She’s extremely good at teaching her classes but got too used to having Daddy 10 minutes away.
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