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Antidepressants Affect People's Moral Behavior, Study Finds
- vmarsy 11y agoInteresting! tl;dr? More serotonine -> Better moral behavior More dopamine -> Worse moral behavior People with gambling problem and risk seeking behavior have high dopamine levels [1]. High serotonine is achived with good mood, physical exercise, getting some sunlight,...[2] People with low serotonine can be more aggressive [3] link to the paper: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(15)00595-3 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(15)0... Highlights: Serotonin and dopamine had distinct effects on decisions to harm self versus others •Computational models revealed a hyperaltruistic preference to harm self over others •Pharmacological enhancement of serotonin increased harm aversion for self and others •Pharmacological enhancement of dopamine reduced hyperaltruism [1] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171517.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171517.ht... [2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2077351/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2077351/ [3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19802333 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19802333