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There's a good chance you hallucinated this week without ever knowing it
Inverse ^ | October 11, 2019 | By Jack Barton on

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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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
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To: Silentgypsy

True, but other pictures in the series show a second kitten.


1,481 posted on 12/10/2019 4:24:52 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Darksheare; NoCmpromiz

https://www.verywellhealth.com/pain-with-deep-breathing-4129383


1,482 posted on 12/10/2019 4:58:31 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Tax-chick

Good information.


1,483 posted on 12/10/2019 5:12:42 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Silentgypsy

Just for you, kitteh and his bro.

Frank is watching World War II documentaries. Depressing.

1,484 posted on 12/10/2019 5:15:26 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick

When I worked I had my nails done with the blunt ends which I liked because of my job at the computer. I like the French tips though.

Now, I’m lucky if I can get them to grow 1/8”. Even with gelatin capsules they’re brittle. I don’t know what else to use. Hair and nails need help!


1,485 posted on 12/10/2019 5:55:12 AM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; NoCmpromiz; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ...

Hello, everyone. Happy Tuesday. I hope it’s going better for everyone else.

We have 60s foreguessed for today, and a winter weather advisory foreguessed for tomorrow.

Is this fun, or what?


1,486 posted on 12/10/2019 8:19:33 AM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Tax-chick

Here in Gotham most of the people who actually care about nails have those that are glued on.

Filing nails??? Ain’t nobody got time for dat!


1,487 posted on 12/10/2019 8:22:39 AM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Silentgypsy; Darksheare; NoCmpromiz

I hope you aren’t suggesting that we can just breathe after whacking our thumb with a hammer.

I know they used to have women convinced that breathing could make pain go away, but I don’t know how women ever believed it.


1,488 posted on 12/10/2019 8:24:32 AM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: ArGee

I do mine at stoplights.


1,489 posted on 12/10/2019 12:12:27 PM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee

I chipped several nails today, finishing up the futon/sofa but I won’t polish them again until I’m done with the next project.


1,490 posted on 12/10/2019 12:22:01 PM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: All

Jersey City is right next door to where I stay when here.


1,491 posted on 12/10/2019 12:52:13 PM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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1,492 posted on 12/11/2019 3:04:56 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick

Morning Floof is curious to see what’s for brekkity!

Good morning.

Did you get the latest photo I sent? And more important, did you get the bookmarks? :o]

I found another pattern for a bookmark, in a different style. I want to work one up and see how it looks.


1,493 posted on 12/11/2019 3:24:27 AM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: Monkey Face

Yes, I got the bookmarks yesterday. Don’t know about the photo: I haven’t looked at my phone since late afternoon yesterday.


1,494 posted on 12/11/2019 3:27:06 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick

Ah.

I finished the cushions this morning, and the last two were easier to do than the first two! So this morning, a little later, I’ll vacuum and see how the place looks when its mostly clean.


1,495 posted on 12/11/2019 3:47:51 AM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: Monkey Face

The sofa looks very nice!


1,496 posted on 12/11/2019 3:52:31 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick

Thanks!! It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, either, except for that last bit where the holes were skewed.

Next is the TV stand. :o]


1,497 posted on 12/11/2019 4:32:07 AM PST by Monkey Face (Stamp out circumlocutory sesquipedalianisms! Lowell McClellan)
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To: Monkey Face

“Yo, James! Put this together!”


1,498 posted on 12/11/2019 4:40:46 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; NoCmpromiz; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ...

Good morning.

Police were talking about the officer who was ambushed yesterday. This city doesn’t appreciate those guys enough.

The weather wasn’t too bad for my commute. There could still be more snow. What would be bad now is a freeze. We’ll see.


1,499 posted on 12/11/2019 4:58:58 AM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: ArGee

?


1,500 posted on 12/11/2019 4:59:56 AM PST by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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