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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I think they’ve got an excellent shot against Bama.
We may meet again in Atlanta.
That’s it! Now, if only I could finally get the flashback that I was promised. “Big Acid doesn’t care about the little guy, I’ll tell you that...” NM reference.
Far out.
The more I watch political news, the more inclined I am to agree with them.
Loud drivel at the airport is most often purely a CNN product..
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That Buck that ran over my vehicle was hallucinatory ? That explain the death of better half’s and my vehicle. Hope I can undo this hallucination
Rut time is not a great time for cars.
I was talking to someone who spent a bit of time in a locked psyche ward some years back.
Some wag had put a bunch of pink flamingos outside the window. [gender neutral third person singular pronoun] had never heard of this sort of law ornament.
[gender neutral third person singular pronoun] thought [gender neutral third person singular pronoun] were hallucinating...
Since all is hallucinatory. May I borrow a padded cell ???
I see five beatles.
It’s a good thing the buck is dead otherwise I might have gone hunting
Wonder how long before the buck’s family sues me ????
Dang I’ve been supeoned by a rabbit, the judge is a skunk and Bambi’s mommy is the prosecutor. This may not go well ....
Tune in next year for the exciting peta entry into the case.
Not to worry rumor has it someone put out a hit on Bambi’s mommy. You may get out of it on a mistrial...
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