DOPAMINE BY AGNES &AMIE ( A 2 )
Dec 30, 2015
DOPAMINEBY
AGNES &AMIE ( A 2 )
What IS DOPAMINE?
It is a neurotransmitter (i.e. one of those
chemicals that is responsible for transmitting
signals in between the nerve cells (neurons) of the
brain) that helps control the brain's reward and
pleasure centers.
H O W D O E S D O PA M I N E W O R K S I N T H E B R A I N ?
F U N C T I O N S O F D O PA M I N E
stabilizes the brain activity,
regulated flow of information to other parts of the brain and
controls movement
Regulates emotional responses
H AV I N G T O O M U C H O R T O O L I T T L E O F D O PA M I N E .
Dopamine deficiency can result to Parkinson disease or anhedonia
Symptoms are liably to be
Fatigue, lack of motivation and depression
Having too much of Dopamine can result to schizophrenia hallucination.
Symptoms can be
The heart muscles increases the impluse rate and blood pressure from strength
of contarction.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/175158-dopamine-vs-serotonin/#ixzz27kXrjWDL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjH8_hHtumo&feature=player_detailpage
STUDY ABO UT DO PAM INE
Berridge and Kringelbach (2009).• Aim
To study which areas of brain that are involved in the subjective experience of pleasure.• What the researcher found.
They found out that the orbitofrontal cortex was active when people reported feeling pleasure.• Conclusion
They concluded that dopamine and the nucleus accumbens is perhaps rather involved in pleasure seeking.
Aim: to investigate blood flow in the
brains
What the researchers found: “brain
system reward” was active.
Conclusion: they confirmed that the pre-
experimental self reports supported a
correlation between the attitudes towards
the lovers brain activity.
http
://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the
_brain_in_love.html
F I S H E R O N D O PA M I N E I N A D D I C T I O N T O L O V E ( 2 0 0 4 )
SO URCES/ REFRENCES
www.livestrong.com
www.psychologytoday.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.Kci.org
www.princeton.edu.com
Psychology for the IB diploma by Jette Hannibal
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