Ambiguity In Psychology

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Human consciousness is driven by simple electrical pulses and varying measures of specified chemicals. Neuroscience at the micro level of psychological studies precisely how the chemistry of the brain affects a person’s mood or behavior. However, ambiguity is a strong catalyst for creativity. There are many times that one simply cannot comprehend what another person is thinking. Though a person’s actions may be reliant upon previous experiences, a neurological approach is to hypothesize that personal and social behavior is entirely dependent on the careful chemical balance within a patient’s nervous system. A fact well known in the medical world is that many minor social or mental disorders are simply an imbalance of the chemicals found …show more content…

As antibiotics and vaccines were developed to battle certain diseases, fewer patients were kept in the hospital for those illnesses. Thanks to the threat of losing a war, Allied scientists collaborated in all fields to improve their technology. Neurochemistry benefitted greatly from this wildfire development. New processes and tools allowed for the isolation and study of compounds found within the cranial cavity and throughout the body. The mid-twentieth century witnessed the initial studies of two of the most important chemical compounds found in the body: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). These two compounds assist in energy transfer through cells. Without NAD+ and ATP, human beings could not survive; energy would neither be spread between cells nor introduced to …show more content…

Historically speaking, dopamine was a response to doing something to further one’s survival. For example, dopamine would be released when a hunter-gatherer found a new fruit tree or killed a large animal. In the twenty-first century, his can relate to the excitement one feels when they do something as insignificant as finding a place to park their car or something as difficult as completing a marathon (Breuning, 2012). Some researchers proposed that dopamine receptor gene polymorphisms could have a link to an addiction to cigarettes. They found a link between certain polymorphisms and the rate of addiction to smoking. Nicotine acted as a replacement for dopamine in the participants who possessed the polymorphism, thus furthering their smoking habits (Vandenbergh,

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