My claim WAS that hormones affect activation patterns. That is a well supported claim. Changes in activation patterns affect our perceptions, our senses, and l

My claim WAS that hormones affect activation patterns. That is a well supported claim. Changes in activation patterns affect our perceptions, our senses, and literally the medium by which we experience the world. They may not affect our personality instantaneously, but our personality is malleable, and depending on feedback, it changes. If our brain's activation patterns change s.t. certain things are more enjoyable, then these new patterns integrate in our personality.