Comments on: The Crack Rocky Road http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2010/05/crack-rocky-road/ The Beautiful Brain Podcast explores the latest findings from the ever-growing field of neuroscience, with particular attention to the dialogue between the arts and sciences. In this monthly program, host Noah Hutton reports on news from the world of brain science, interviews important thinkers about their work, and reviews new literature in the field. The show illuminates important new questions about creativity, the mind of the artist, and the mind of the observer that modern neuroscience is helping us to answer, or at least to provide part of an answer. Instances where art seeks to answer questions of a traditionally scientific nature are also of great interest, and for that reason you will hear from artists as well as scientists on The Beautiful Brain. Subscribe today to receive a brand new episode each month. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: slacker http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2010/05/crack-rocky-road/comment-page-1/#comment-3567 slacker Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:13:29 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=1188#comment-3567 Good article , I'm going to spend more time reading about this topic Good article , I’m going to spend more time reading about this topic

]]> By: sleeprunning... http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2010/05/crack-rocky-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 sleeprunning... Mon, 31 May 2010 03:32:48 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=1188#comment-1892 Addictive brain disorders: - Are inherited, so look at past generations for diagnosis help - The behaviors are symptoms, NOT the disease. Sortness of breath and chest pain is not CAD - The disease is a shortage of dopamine receptors - The symptoms depend on types of receptors missing and other brain factors. Believe sex addiction is broken D2 receptors Experientially, there is never "enough" of the substance or dopamine triggering activity, eg, extreme sports, political office, being an entrepeneur, etc. The behaviors start as impulsive then move to compulsive. This is not that complicated actually. Junk food is actually the foods that reduce stress the most quickly and cheaply so likely not an addictive disorder. Addictive brain disorders:
- Are inherited, so look at past generations for diagnosis help
- The behaviors are symptoms, NOT the disease. Sortness of breath and chest pain is not CAD
- The disease is a shortage of dopamine receptors
- The symptoms depend on types of receptors missing and other brain factors. Believe sex addiction is broken D2 receptors

Experientially, there is never “enough” of the substance or dopamine triggering activity, eg, extreme sports, political office, being an entrepeneur, etc. The behaviors start as impulsive then move to compulsive. This is not that complicated actually.

Junk food is actually the foods that reduce stress the most quickly and cheaply so likely not an addictive disorder.

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