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Pleasure Electrodes in the Brain (Dopamine 2)
Electrodes implanted in the reward pathway do not produce pleasure but craving.
Hermes Solenzol
Oct 107 min read


How to make a masochist rat
Pairing a painful stimulus with activation of the amygdala train rats to want the painful stimulus, possibly explaining why masochists desire pain.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 82 min read


Dopamine: Why Heroin Is Addictive but Porn Is Not
Porn is not addictive. It induces short increases of dopamine and not the sustained ones produced by cocaine and opioids.
Hermes Solenzol
Aug 24, 202322 min read


How to Find Happiness
Happiness is not pleasure, joy, love, or the absence of suffering. Happiness is not an emotion, but a state of being. Should we be happy?...
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 6, 202211 min read
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