Adventures in Neuroscience could never be more exciting. Well, maybe a little.
Um, okay, uh, this is pretty weird.
posted by The Neurophile @ 8:21 PM
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As a Junior Scientist, the Neurophile spends his days sunning in his window seat at a haptics lab at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Clenched in his left fist, he wields a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Macalester College. In his right, he bears a Bachelor of Sciences in Neuroscience from the U of M. Combined, they form Voltron! Or something less copyright-infringing! Soon, he shall be unleashed upon the grad schools of the world in a blitzkrieg of education.
The Neurophile is a big fan of sudoku, Hong Kong movies, alcohol, and the W/NBA, pretty much in that order. As a member of the Secret Society of Metalheads, his was the deciding vote in the decision to forever excommunicate Lars Ulrich from their ranks. He is also a fourth degree member of the Fraternal Order of Atheist Evolutionists, but hopes to progress further in their ranks quickly.
In his civilian life, the Neurophile is known as Jonathan Ehrich.
2 Comments:
That's really interesting. Why do you suspect this is bogus? If seasonal mood disorders (presumably due to a lack of UV exposure) are real, this seems like a logical result.
This post shows up on the livejournal feed as posted at 2:23 AM, which I find amusing given that you mention "I'm technically at work right now."
I don't suspect that the research itself is bogus. I just think that the use of the term "addictive" and comparison to addictive drugs--especially opiates--is going over the top.
Ultimately, any enjoyable activity is enjoyable because it stimulates neural activity that connotes to pleasure. Although pleasure and reward activities are not synonymous, they do tend to go hand in hand. I would like to strive to keep the word "addictive" meaningful by restricting its use to things that involve difficult-to-control habitual behaviors.
Also? I can't believe they didn't do this with animals first. Would that not have been the coolest experiment ever?
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