I kill you.
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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That would be when someone knocked the pot off the stove while my back was turned.
“Good, now wear it.”
I remember that experience ...
The question afterwards though is “Does it look good? Can we make it a fashion statement?”
“We had a guest priest from Colombia who needed to speak up with some energy. Maybe he was tired.”
I hope it wasn’t boredom. Yikes!
“I actually picked Hurricane because it was second choice to St George, forgetting completely that Hurricane is in a valley of the mountains, whereas, St George is much lower, has red soil to soak up the heat from the sun, and is in FRONT of the mountains and sooner or later, I will move there.”
Hurricane is at 2880ft ASL
St. George is at 2860ft ASL
It’s the “in FRONT of the mountains” part that makes the difference. Although, sometimes being “in FRONT” means taking the brunt of storms passing through; St. George gets slammed, and Hurricane gets the tailings.
No, he seemed interested in what he was saying. However, when you’re addressing a crowd of 300 or so, about 2/3 of them children or teens, some vim would be nice.
Don't ask Lady Gag-a.
Unnngh. I rarely think of that person, and when I do, I wish I hadn’t.
Obviously it’s a Twitter bot given form and operating under the pseudonym “Lady Gaga”.
They have to tweak the AI just a bit more.
In this instance, front is actually at the southern base of the mountains. If you've been to St George, (IIRC you have "folks" here) you know it curves around the base of a major mountain -- Pine Valley Mountain. The storms come from the north, essentially, and for St George, the mountain blocks them.
Hurricane is to the side of that mountain, in a valley. Hurricane may be as low as St George, but its also in a bowl, open at the north. In order to get to St George, or Cedar City on the other end, we have to climb. We also have to climb from St George to here. St George is not as cold and doesn't get the winds that we do.
It is called “Utah’s Dixie” for a reason! :o])
It happens every time you watch MSLSD.
I kill you.
My void fluff is sitting on my chest looking outraged.
Good morning. I expect mine to came charging back inside soon, telling me it’s my fault they got their paws wet.
I’m still in below freezing weather, here....
The little punkins on that floof are really cute!
However, I don’t think Kitteh is happy with his costume!
It’s hard to believe that there are only two months left in this year, and in another five weeks, I’ll be having an anniversary! The cold is my culture shock.
Now I need to take time out to search for a cheaper health insurance... Be back in a few.
Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!
I am also informed that this is national “train your kids to be socialists” day. I suppose I shall have to watch out for the future Antifa members wandering around in their masks when I commute back to the wildlands this evening.
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