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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: Monkey Face

I concur. Weird A.M. Almost as if there were thieves and grimlins at play this A.M.


3,701 posted on 03/09/2020 11:48:03 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die t)
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To: Silentgypsy

Hi! Not on a train!


3,702 posted on 03/09/2020 11:48:52 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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3,703 posted on 03/10/2020 1:59:49 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: Tax-chick

Morning Floof says DST bad, make fur go crazy.

Good morning.

It will take me a while to get used to this new time, but with any luck, by the time we change back, I’ll have it down to a science.

My pill order came sometime yesterday afternoon, but no knock, no doorbell, so it wasn’t until I checked my email this morning that I saw it was sitting on my stoop.


3,704 posted on 03/10/2020 2:45:23 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you boil a funny bone you get a laughing stock, and that's humerus. ~~ FB ~~)
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To: Monkey Face

w00t!


3,705 posted on 03/10/2020 4:58:46 AM PDT by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: no-to-illegals

Or kittehs?


3,706 posted on 03/10/2020 4:59:09 AM PDT by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Monkey Face

Good morning. I am sticking to my clock-time schedule regardless of what the sun is doing. Dang government sun! The rest of the family, not so much.

Pat has Spring Break this week, so we don’t have to leave for Monroe until after 8:30 for the Excursion including Weight Watchers, the bread outlet, and the gas station.

Gas was $1.95/gal in South Carolina, but I think it’s still over $2.00 here. Maybe I’ll be surprised when we get to the QT on 74.


3,707 posted on 03/10/2020 5:00:08 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...

Hai. Dasn’t desturb da kitteh. It iz sadz.

Happy Tuesday. Not bad staying in Brooklyn instead of New Jersey this week, except the room is much smaller. I almost came in without my coat and tie because they were in the closet and not on a hook by the door.


3,708 posted on 03/10/2020 5:00:43 AM PDT by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Tax-chick

I wonder if the tank in the oil market will ever hit the pumps.

More likely it will only hit my IRA.


3,709 posted on 03/10/2020 5:01:38 AM PDT by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: ArGee

Good morning. Happy escape from New Jersey. Also Trash Day, at least in these parts.

Kitteh lives in Kuwait. Thatz why she sadz.


3,710 posted on 03/10/2020 5:01:54 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: ArGee

Prices have been falling steadily here, but you life Upnorth, so ...


3,711 posted on 03/10/2020 5:02:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: ArGee

Thanks! It was just sitting there, and uh...er... ;o]


3,712 posted on 03/10/2020 5:24:40 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you boil a funny bone you get a laughing stock, and that's humerus. ~~ FB ~~)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee

We’re still looking at $2.75 +/- for gas.

The Muppet Birds don’t care what time the clocks say or the government. When its light out, they sing. When its dark, they sleep. Simple.

I have to go to the library today to pick up the first volume of a set I thought I had gotten the first volume of. Meantime, I have Endeavor, DCI Banks and Murdoch, who looks positively stuning in a tux! Eyes I could fall into...


3,713 posted on 03/10/2020 5:29:06 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you boil a funny bone you get a laughing stock, and that's humerus. ~~ FB ~~)
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To: Tax-chick

I will probably have to spend a lot more nights in New Jersey. NYC has what I call the Rush Limbaugh rule. If you spend 181 or more nights in the city for work purposes, you’re supposed to pay City taxes. This is regardless of whether you rent, own, or stay in a hotel.

I’m pretty sure they put that in place when Rush first announced his move to south Florida, which was followed soon after by him moving his broadcast facilities there.


3,714 posted on 03/10/2020 7:31:48 AM PDT by ArGee (Excellence or diversity? Ask for diversity, you get diversity. Ask for excellence, you get both.)
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To: Monkey Face

And such perfect, straight, white teeth. And good manners!


3,715 posted on 03/10/2020 8:08:29 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: ArGee

They sure do know how to create a welcoming business environment!


3,716 posted on 03/10/2020 8:09:07 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: Monkey Face

“$2.75” for Gas”..

Oh how I dream of $2.75 for Gas.
Been at the $10 mark for years.

Just popped in to say Howdy to you all.
Haven’t Abandoned Ship , just stupidly occupied.


3,717 posted on 03/10/2020 8:42:45 AM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Life really does begin at forty. Until then, you are just doing research.)
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To: moose07

Howya! I was worried that you were in a shallow grave near Midsomer Worthy!


3,718 posted on 03/10/2020 8:46:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: Tax-chick

Greetings,TC.
It was little too shallow...I crawled out again.
In the Station Pub at the moment having an early Dinner and a couple of Ales.Perfect end to a day. :)


3,719 posted on 03/10/2020 8:54:03 AM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Life really does begin at forty. Until then, you are just doing research.)
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To: moose07

Sounds nice. It’s gloomy and drizzly here. Kathleen has a riding lesson this afternoon, a roofing examiner - sent by our insurance company - is coming to look at the roof, and I have a church meeting this evening.

Usual stuff except for the roof guy.


3,720 posted on 03/10/2020 8:57:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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