Morning Kitteh service may be erratic the next few days. I'll be in Florida.
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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Yes, sunny and very warm until Friday. Short-sleeve shirts.
Excellent!! Glad to hear one of us will be warm!
Morning Kitteh service may be erratic the next few days. I'll be in Florida.
Yes, Florida, where you’ll be soaking up the sun like this morning’s Floofy Kitteh.
Safe journey.
Don’t forget to write.
;o])
PS: Have fun!
Drama Queen lost her wallet. She just found it at the car in the long term parking. Plane starts boarding in 5 minutes.
Super annoying.
DQ should be able to get a seat on the next flight. Mom sent detailed instructions.
Oh, dear. Of all things, DQ has to have to spotlight, even for just a minute. I sense a Grand Entrance coming up.
Still, don’t let that spoil your trip! Enjoy the time! ;o]
Good morning. Happy Tuesday.
I feel for the Kitteh not wanting it coming at us.
Better than not finding it.
Kitteh just wants it for himself!!!
Happy Tuesday to you! Are you getting that work snarl undone?
A minor glitch in the grand scheme of things. I don’t mind waiting half an hour.
Work snarl is getting undone. And it’s getting done at a (slightly) faster rate than it’s getting done. But I would like it faster.
How come there’s never time to do it right, but we always find time to do it over?
Because when you do it over you ask for a change order that gets you more money.
I’m glad it all worked out!
As my Late Mother would say, “Sometimes, life jist gits plumb tedious!” (Southern drawl included in the quote!)
*tagline*
Afternoon! We all had naps. Next, we’re going to dinner with one of Mom’s friends. Then we’ll watch Jeopardy and go to bed early.
Prayer needed over that way.
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