User’s Manual for the Human Brain DRAFT User’s Manual for the Human Brain DRAFT 1 Introduction 2 How Happiness Works 2 Distinguishing Magic 2 Reading the brain diagram 3 Hormones: Chemical messengers 4 Dopamine the “super hero” hormone 5 Serotonin the “self confidence” hormone 5 Oxytocin the “love” hormone 5 Endorphins the “morphine” hormone 5 Adrenaline (Epinephrine and Norepinephrine) the “anger” hormone 6 There are two brains, not one 6 Testosterone and sex 6 How Happiness Works 7 What we describe as happiness 7 Moments of presence 7 Design flaws with the system 8 Hormone Generator Machines are Dumb 8 Good Hormones Gone Bad 8 Reasoning brain cannot be turned off 9 How Anger Works 9 Introduction When we are born, unfortunately no instruction manual is issued for our most important, complex and powerful tool, our brain. In very recent times, researchers have reverse engineered how the brain works. I h
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