Electrodes implanted in the reward pathway do not produce pleasure but craving.

The idea of mental energy makes intuitive sense and is present in mystical traditions. However, there is little evidence that pleasure and sex decrease it.

Pairing a painful stimulus with activation of the amygdala train rats to want the painful stimulus, possibly explaining why masochists desire pain.

Professor Hermes Solenzol was interviewed in the Nicolas Procel Podcast about the dopamine myth prevailing in today’s culture.

Ego types include survival, daring, caring, self-controlling, possessive, grandiose, wounded, victim and spiritual.

Masculinity and femininity are based on sexual differences mediated by the effect of sex hormones on the brain.

Realizing that the unconscious is part of ourselves increases our creativity, intuition, flow and inner peace.

Sex is not only for procreation, as shown by the enigmas of sex

The number of science papers using computer models for biomedical research is insignificant compared to papers using animals.

Viagra and other phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors are unfairly criticized despite their efficacy to treat erectile dysfunction

The credibility of podcaster Andrew Huberman is questioned by a multiple cheating scandal.

Philosophy criticizes science while it has been unsuccessful in epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.

Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.

Flow is a mental state of focused attention, selflessness and euphoria.

The runner’s high is an example of endorphin rush, but it is unclear if it is caused by endorphins or endocannabinoids.

Porn is not addictive. It induces short increases of dopamine and not the sustained ones produced by cocaine and opioids.

Unique characteristics of the human brain let us experience suffering as extending to the past and the future, and to others.

An inquiry into the nature of life, from Schrodinger insights to homeostasis, intracellular signals and life as information processing.

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Women with spinal cord transections experience vaginal orgasms with sensations carried by the vagus nerve.