Vision Is More Than Looking.

It Turns Out That Dopamine Is A Chemical On Double Duty In The Brain. Along With Its Role In Motor Commands, It Also Serves As The Main Messenger In The Reward Systems, Guiding A Person Toward Food, Drink, Mates, And All Things Useful For Survival. Because Of Its Role In The Reward System, Imbalances In Dopamine Can Trigger Gambling, Overeating, And Drug Addiction - Behaviors That Result From A Reward System Gone Awry.

You Are Part Of A Complex Social Network That Changes Your Biology With Every Interaction, And Which Your Actions Can Change.

The First Lesson About Trusting Your Senses Is: Don't. Just Because You Believe Something To Be True, Just Because You Know It's True, That Doesn't Mean It Is True.

Everybody Knows The Power Of Deadlines - And We All Hate Them. But Their Effectiveness Is Undeniable.

The Left Hemisphere Acts As An "interpreter," Watching The Actions And Behaviors Of The Body And Assigning A Coherent Narrative To These Events. And The Left Hemisphere Works This Way Even In Normal, Intact Brains. Hidden Programs Drive Actions, And The Left Hemisphere Makes Justifications. This Idea Of Retrospective Storytelling Suggests That We Come To Know Our Own Attitudes And Emotions, At Least Partially, By Inferring Them From Observations Of Our Own Behavior.