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Can you really lose weight by cutting out carbs?
Why can't I sleep?
Does dopamine really make you happier?
Why is your memory getting worse?
Why do eating spicy food and running make people feel good?
To answer the above questions, we need to have a deeper understanding of the brain. Neurotransmitters, the communicators (workers) in the brain, are responsible for regulating important things such as "happiness", "memory", "addiction" and "love".
This is an interesting popular science book about brain nerves. In this book, the author will use life-like language to systematically and professionally explain to us what neurotransmitters are and how they work in the brain. He will explain seven common neurotransmitters - dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, glutamate, GABA, and endorphins - one by one.
Reader comments
This book is so interesting! It explains in easy-to-understand terms how neurotransmitters work, and talks about dopamine and serotonin, things that are closely related to our daily lives. Just like the author said, "Many things in the world are specious, and hypocrisy is similar to truth." Our previous understanding of the brain may have been wrong. I think this book can not only help us understand our own brains better, but also help us better understand various emotions and behaviors in life. For example, I now finally know why eating spicy food and running make people feel good! Recommended!
If you are interested in neurotransmitters in the brain, this popular science book will be more suitable for you. The author is very careful and professional in introducing the common neurotransmitters in the brain. You can calm down to experience and think more.
I have a lot of psychological issues and mental disorders and thank this book for allowing me to analyze myself. I am a person who loves chemistry, so I felt comfortable reading the book, and there was nothing difficult to understand. The expression of the content is very humorous and can sometimes bring laughter to people. There are still too few people who care about neurotransmitters. Are people still willing to live in ignorance?
It turns out that the author is a mother, which is quite good. It further understands neurotransmitters.
The combination of pictures and text is very suitable for me.
I think it really suits my taste
When the author wrote this book, fish had not yet been proven to be our ancestors
Vivid and interesting
A good popular science book on neurotransmitters, the language style is also very friendly and easy to understand.
Simple, clear and easy to understand!
Maybe it's a good book, and it can be used as an introduction to understanding neurotransmitters.
Serious science popularization is interspersed with some humor to make science popularization no longer boring.
This book is so interesting! It explains in easy-to-understand terms how neurotransmitters work, and talks about dopamine and serotonin, things that are closely related to our daily lives. Just like the author said, "Many things in the world are specious, and hypocrisy is similar to truth." Our previous understanding of the brain may have been wrong. I think this book can not only help us understand our own brains better, but also help us better understand various emotions and behaviors in life. For example, I now finally know why eating spicy food and running make people feel good! Recommended!
If you are interested in neurotransmitters in the brain, this popular science book will be more suitable for you. The author is very careful and professional in introducing the common neurotransmitters in the brain. You can calm down to experience and think more.
I have a lot of psychological issues and mental disorders and thank this book for allowing me to analyze myself. I am a person who loves chemistry, so I felt comfortable reading the book, and there was nothing difficult to understand. The expression of the content is very humorous and can sometimes bring laughter to people. There are still too few people who care about neurotransmitters. Are people still willing to live in ignorance?
It turns out that the author is a mother, which is quite good. It further understands neurotransmitters.
The combination of pictures and text is very suitable for me.
I think it really suits my taste
When the author wrote this book, fish had not yet been proven to be our ancestors
Vivid and interesting
A good popular science book on neurotransmitters, the language style is also very friendly and easy to understand.
Simple, clear and easy to understand!
Maybe it's a good book, and it can be used as an introduction to understanding neurotransmitters.
Serious science popularization is interspersed with some humor to make science popularization no longer boring.