Investigators in the United States have determined how repeated exposure to cocaine leads to an impaired sense of reward in the human brain. This mechanism culminates in reducing the feelings of reward or pleasure from all other activities except cocaine use.
What scientists found was that the drug influences a spe... |
23 April 2012
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The human brain is known to take deep pleasure from caresses. Researchers can notice it light up when one person in a couple is touched by the other. A team of Swedish investigators has now determined that the reaction also ensues when people view others being caressed.Until now, experts had no idea that such a stron... |
19 October 2011
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A new investigation has determined that pleasurable activities such as eating and having intercourse do not only provide pleasure, but also a means of reducing stress, by inhibiting neural pathways in the brain. These effects last for up to seven days, so they can be considered long-term. Experts have known for a lon... |
11 November 2010
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I recently developed a new hobby. It was obviously something that I didn’t plan for, and how could I have? It's not like you suddenly wake up one morning and decide you want to pick up knitting. Well, I suppose maybe you could, but then again maybe it's just pushing your limits, in the sense that, if ... |
15 May 2010
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The human brain is designed in such a way that, after we eat as much as we need, it sends commands that let us know we're full. In some cases, however, this mechanism malfunctions, and people continue to eat various foods even after they no longer need them. Now, investigators at the University of Texas Southwes... |
28 December 2009
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A team of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, and the University of North Carolina, in the US, working together with scientists from the Unilever company, have managed to discover what they call the skin sensors that are responsible for making us aware of the pleasurable kind of touches, BBC repor... |
13 April 2009
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