Sunday, July 8, 2007

some things about pleasure and memory

There is far more seratonin in your intestines than there is in your brain (about 70% of the body's). That is why we feel emotions so strongly in our guts (i.e. butterflies in your stomach).

The part of the brain that forms a memory is not the same part of the brain used to recall that memory. Since a "new" part of the brain is formed to remember, memories are never true to their originality. So all miscommunications aside, no one remembers the absolute truth.

Adrenaline is not the main chemical in the body that causes the feeling of a "rush". It isn't epenephrine either. I'd tell you what it is, but I can't remember.

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