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How our brains learn to let go of regret as we age - and why some people don’t.
Our negative habits get in the way, when they prevent us from doing something more extraordinary, something more valuable or more innovative.
Epilepsy, a disorder of the nervous system. An electrical imbalance, like a misfiring spark plug. All this and more is all true.
I would like to invite you to a new possibility here, where there are options.
Food can be a mere necessity for some, and a great passion for others. Food activates pleasure circuits in the brain, just like an addictive drug does.
Regular exercise demonstrates that there are large changes in the brain, like the growth of new blood vessels increasing the geometric complexity of dendrites.
Studies have shown that both new love and orgasm strongly activate the dopamine-using medial forebrain pleasure circuit, in both men and women.
There are some pleasures that are obviously good for us, and are essential to basic survival.
As humans, we have always pursued pleasure as an essential part of our survival, devoting time and resources to get what we want.
Learning how “our brains” work will make us more aware and attentive to those behaviours that may get in the way of our success.
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