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"When dopamine activity was high, the animal was more likely to judge an interval as short, and vice versa."
by dcgoss 10y ago
"When dopamine activity was high, the animal was more likely to judge an interval as short, and vice versa."
- devoply 10y agoAlso explains why we are miserable. When we are having a good time, time flies. When we are not time slows down. It's as if our brain is wired to fast-forward the good parts and play the bad parts in slow motion so I guess we have time to deal with them. It wired to perform, not wired to enjoy.
- RangerScience 10y agoI dunno. Neurotransmitters are complicated, and interact in complicated ways. I typically have "slow time", and it doesn't speed up when I'm having a good time. I don't know if that's low dopamine, or what, but now I'm curious to get a... neurotransmitter panel? Analysis? You get the idea.
- tmptmp 10y ago>>It wired to perform, not wired to enjoy. If you think of it from survival point of view, it makes sense. Our survival depended/depends on our brain's ability to perform and not on it's tendency to indulge in enjoyment.
- shostack 10y agoPut a different way, it would seem the brain might make the good times something you want to repeat and make you avoid bad times.