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Interesting! tl;dr? More serotonine -> Better moral behavior More dopamine -> Worse moral behavior People with gambling problem and risk seeking beha
by vmarsy 11y ago
Interesting!
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