PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Cortisol, Basal Ganglia, Acetylcholine
20 Jan 2016
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Esperiece with unexpected events with loss of control. Dopamine: facilitator of play, or primer for play, similar role in sexual behaviour. Higher dopamine levels play: too high in levels schizophrenia. Endorphins: play feels good similar role in sexual behaviour. Play = coping with stress: serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine all involved in stress, play in wolves and squirrel monkeys = low stress hormones (cortisol) Suggested such that play is a way to cope with stress. When things are not good, they start playing. To resolve in conflict, animals engage in play. Individuals that play a lot, they"re not stressed. The problem that biologists have with play is that play is a lost of spent energy, behavioural ecologists and sociobiologists don"t like the idea that you spend a lot of energy to play for no reason. Maybe however, play is good such that you"re less stressed. There"s a cost to it, but the rewards are much greater.
