Habits are the autopilot of our lives, but what keeps them running smoothly? The answer lies in the complex interplay of neural pathways and chemicals, with dopamine playing a starring role.

More details of dopamine and habit formation

Dopamine...

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Here we are creating a mental model of how learning occurs. It is a get-in, get-out, don’t-f-about type of model. We skip the low-down explanations of neurons and move straight to representations. How do representations form? how do they interconnect...

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The Mind virus

A new primary school student, Maya, enters a new school. Unbeknownst to all, she brings with her a virus. But not just any virus... a mind virus. An idea. An idea that will spread throughout the school and never, ever leave again.

In ...

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Do you remember being 8 years old? Do you remember getting angry? or sad? or happy? The absolute overwhelming takeover of your body. You were not even you; you just became the emotion.

Overtime, presumably, you have learned to somewhat control your e...

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We evolved to work within a daily cycle. Wake up with the sun, go to sleep at night.

But now we are all out of wack.

First, we are not signalling to our eyes that we are about to go to sleep. People mess with this by keeping lights on, staring at a p...

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