podbrain What Dr Kathryn Paige Harden Says About Neuroscience
2 episodes featuring Dr Kathryn Paige Harden on neuroscience
Key Insights on Neuroscience
Brain scans reveal dopamine reward when watching wrongdoers suffer, showing punishment creates literal pleasure - "I think that it is a lust just as much as lust for substances" - Catherine
- Genes affecting addiction, aggression, and impulsivity are expressed during second and third trimester brain development, disrupting excitation-inhibition balance
- Retribution activates reward pathways in the brain - we literally feel pleasure when perceived wrongdoers suffer punishment
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