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Dopamine's Function: Creating the Want

Dopamine didn't affect liking something - but it was created the 'wanting'. Dopamine increases temptation. Wanting is more fundamental than liking. Ultimately, it doesn't matter for the preservation of our genes whether we like sex, or like food. Far more important is whether we want to have sex, and whether we seek out food.

Tagged With: #dopamine #psychology #permanent-notes

Published on Dec 15, 2020

Unsolvable Problem can be Overcome

There are a lot of important problems that are fundamentally insolvable. They can never be solved - but can be outgrown. You can accept the problem - which will reduce the suffering caused by the problem.

Tagged With: #problem-solving #permanent-notes #philosophy

Published on Dec 08, 2020

Existential Psycological Disorders

According to Existential Psychotherapy, some psychological disorders are the result of individual's inability to reconcile themselves with certain characteristics of the human condition.

Tagged With: #existentialism #psychology #permanent-notes #mental-disorder

Published on Dec 08, 2020

2 Minute New Habit

To establish a new habit, make sure that it requires no more than 2 minutes in the beginning. Work yourself up from there.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #habit #behavior #productivity

Published on Dec 08, 2020

Promise modal of Mindfulness Meditation

After integrating the information from the three sources (interviews, Western concepts, Buddhist scriptures), we created a model on the process and mechanisms that lead to the positive effects of mindfulness meditation.

Tagged With: #equanimity #literature-notes #meditation #mindfullness #paper #psychology

Published on Dec 08, 2020