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Discover the science behind the happy chemicals in your brain.
Discover the extraordinary world of endorphins and how they bring joy and vitality to your daily life.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain that regulates mood and behavior and is associated with happiness and contentment.
This is the same molecule involved in allergies, but anti-allergy drugs don’t cut it.
Keep it tidy, neurons.
It's all in the serotonin.
Seems like your mom was right all along: scratching does, in fact, makes the itching worse. This was the conclusion reached by a group of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis after the scientists studied the molecular and neural pathways that cause and relieve itching. The findings suggest that scratching releases serotonin – […]
Either when someone’s late for a date or you need to queue in line, our patience becomes tested. Some people handle the waiting better than others, leading us to the idea that patience is a virtue that differs from person to person. But what is it exactly that helps us remain patient, and why do […]
Mycobacterium vaccae is a type of bacteria that naturally leaves in soil and has been in the attention of researchers for a while now, due to the fact that it decreases anxiety. Recent studies sugest that in fact, it also stimulates neuron growth and thus intelligence and the ability to learn. Dorothy Matthews and Susan […]
