Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Thus they often leave most of a site untouched to await their more skillful disciplinary descendants.

It shouldn’t take neuroscience to “prove” what we think and feel.

stress can damage the hippocampus.

stress can damage the hippocampus

dopamine is more about anticipation of reward than about reward itself.

dopamine is more about anticipation of reward than about reward itself.

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won’t be enough tomorrow.

This is our world of habituation, where nothing is ever as good as that first time.

What neurological disease is involved? None. This is a typical teenager.

vmPFC and dlPFC perpetually battle for domination by emotion versus cognition