Category Archives: Sleep

The smell of remembering

There was a time in the 60s when various people promised you could learn in your sleep. Just play a tape of a lesson as you slept, and voila! you would be ready to ace the test in the morning. … Continue reading

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Dopamine and Serotonin: Words and Music

Serotonin has sometimes been called the “police officer” of the brain, regulating the action of other neurotransmitters like dopamine. But this seems to me to be not quite the right analogy. I think of serotonin as the mood music of … Continue reading

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