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The book “Finishing the Hat” becomes a metaphor for that feeling of joy, the little squirt of dopamine hitting the brain when the artist creates a work of art. It’s a feeling so addictive the artist is willing to forgo love in order to experience artistic bliss. It could be a metaphor for Sondheim’s love of songwriting. “Finishing the Hat” — a fascinating compilation of lyrics, commentary and anecdotes, covering the years 1954 to 1981 — is essentially about process, the process of writing songs for theater.

Now, getting nostalgic for a fin de Netscape time-waster is a new and disturbing sensation for me: Web content is designed to dissolve in your brain like dopamine Certs. Yet my Homestar bar stool still feels warm: Firing up the old URL, knit cap in hand, I’m suddenly back in the early Aughts, watching Strong Bad answer his email, kick the Cheat, his rhomboid accomplice, and dream up such memorable mini-memes as the majestic dragon Trogdor the Burninator — a Trapper Keeper-quality pencil doodle with a catchy metal theme song. (It ended up name-checked in the Buffy finale and eventually landed in Guitar Hero II.)

Here's the best description of what's going on here that I could find: "Insight has launched an impressive art installation series entitled Dopamine, from setting up underwater art installations with surf actions shots in Bali and having re-created famous skate spots in the middle of the Balinese jungle.

Sous la vague, il y a la plage.

awakenings "erudite digressions into dopamine, Leibniz, and the perception of time"

Wellbutrin SR is an oral antidepressant. Its major effect is on serotonin, dopamine, and other quot;feel-good quot; chemical receptors in the brain. It successfully works to balance the naturally-occurring neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, which helps people cope with numerous symptoms of depression, such as feelings of gloom and sadness, chronic fatigue and anxiety, social withdrawal, moodiness, suicidal thoughts, and so forth.

「一對戀人開始相愛的頭一個月至年半，腦內會催生愛情荷爾蒙多巴胺(dopamine)，將情人想成十全十美，無視任何缺點，兼且無時無刻都要見到對方，但過了熱戀期，腦內則產生催產素(oxytocin)，令人有一種Sense of Attachment。」

人體內的多巴胺第四型受體(dopamine D4 receptor, DRD4)這個基因會控制腦部對多巴胺的反應，而多巴胺正式控制人體「愉悅」感覺的化學物質，而且跟人的性慾有關係。以色列耶路撒冷大學的Richard Ebs