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Do You Know That Your Mindset Can Actually Make You Physically Stronger

Don’t believe that simply changing the way you think can have a big impact on your life or your accomplishments?

It’s a somewhat abstract concept to think that just being more positive, or more driven, can attract more good things to you, or that focussing more on the good in your life, can make you happier.

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Hey Brainiologists!

I found this very interesting, hope you guys like it! It turns out that the hormone cortisol determines how alert you are, and the more cortisol in your blood, the more alert you are - so you should try to have your coffee when these levels are at their lowest!

They’re mind reading robots sent from the future!!

Hey Brainiologists!

Don’t ever try to be normal, stay your awesome selves! :)

Hello, brain people!

Love!! What on earth happens to your brain as you fall in love? There are three stages that we all go through as we fall in love with that special somebody: Lust, Attraction, Attachment

During Lust, sex hormones are released - this being oestrogen and testosterone in women and men respectively.

Throughout Attraction, you feel all wonderful and love-stricken! You can’t think of anything other than that special somebody. There are three main neurotransmitters that are involved in this stage, with each type acting within a specific pathway in the brain. These neurotransmitters are: Adrenaline (Epinephrine), Dopamine, and Serotonin.

Epinephrine is released during your body’s “stress response”, making your blood levels of adrenaline and cortisol increase. This means that even meeting with that somebody can make your heart race, as you also start to sweat. How lovely!

Dopamine is closely related to our brain’s “appetite system”, the system that is active whilst we are craving something. Dopamine stimulates “desire and reward”, and does this by triggering a rush of pleasure! This has a very similar affect to cocaine on the brain! Love is a drug!

Serotonin is an anti-depressant, and may also explain why, when falling in love, your love stays on your mind.

Finally, we have attachment! This is the tight bond that keeps couples together long enough for them to raise children. Yet again, we have chemicals to thank for this! These are: oxytocin and vasopressin.

Oxytocin, the cuddle hormone :), is a very powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm, and is said to deepen the feelings of attachment between the couple, making them feel much closer to each other. As the theory goes, the more sex that the couple has, the deeper the connection they feel for one another. Sounds good to me! :) 

Vasopressin is an anti-diuretic hormone that works with your kidneys to control thirst. Although little is known about the affects of this hormone, when male prairie voles were given a drug that suppresses the effect of vasopressin, the bond with their partner fell apart immediately, as he then would fail to protect his partner.

Hey Brainy people :)

This is so true. There are a lot of things that we cling onto, a lot of addictions, some good, some bad, but reading is something that is so innately human.

Reading is such a wonderful skill, and changes the way our brains think with every single word that we read. Our brains change, we change. Even down to the individual neurons, reading strengthens and weakens, forms so many connections in our brains... We develop and refine as people, which is a marvelous thing :)