PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Roger Wolcott Sperry, Temporal Lobe, Hypothalamus
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Psy100h1 - lecture 6 - how to perceive reality (continued) Dealing with anxiety, depression etc = quality with our ability to relate. Functions of our brain has to do with our neurochemicals, adds to the whole complexity of human nature. Functions through the integration of different chemicals. Drugs of abuse commandeer the brain"s natural reward circuitry. Stimulation of this pathway reinforces behavior, ensuring that what you just did you will do again. Evolved to figure out what is good (to hit our physiology) and bad. Smoking cocaine triggers our reward system in a similar manner (hijacks same. Humans came into being because of what we did. Depression doesn"t play just its stereotypical role in our system. Way of adapting to something that occurred in the past, this adaptation may have worked in the past but not anymore. Pleasurable activities create an addiction because we biologically like those. Liking posts, cat videos, memes (all gives a dopamine kick)
