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wakko@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Attention is a function of dopamine & serotonin production over time.
Almost everything about being human reduces down to a handful of neurotransmitters.
mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
noretus@crazypeople.online 2 weeks ago
And what are neurotransmitters?
Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
If you typed this into your address bar youd have an answer instead of a downvote. lol
Neurotransmitters are chemicals used by terminal buttons to carry information across the synaptic gap to the dendrite of the recipient neuron.
noretus@crazypeople.online 2 weeks ago
And what are those?
Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
You’re reading words on a screen either way.
Who do you think is a better source:
- An unverified, inaccurate, low effort, and low quality idiot 😁
- or Britannica?
Unless you mean something else that I’m not receiving.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those neurotransmitters just release electrical impulses so if you want to break it down everything about humans reduces down to electricity traveling through out meat
Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Neurotransmitters are chemicals used for communication, but i uderstand what you mean.
wakko@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, but the key detail is governance. There’s specific molecules that, without them, there is no attention to be sought. Paying attention or “having willpower” is causally linked to these specific compounds being present in the meat.
Much of “free will” boils down to regulation of these neurotransmitters.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If your goal is to boil it down to the fundamental levels it’s the ion that’s that cause action potentials that are actually causing thought
If you want to look at it holistically it’s due to the connections of the dendrites and how those interact with each other
We have no control of our neurotransmitters and they are only released in response to stimuli from another cell
wakko@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you for announcing that you do not understand what was said.