In science news: from serious to wacky
Hmm. My news reader is picking up some interesting stuff tonight in the science category:
- The Candy Hierarchy Anew (Halloween Experiment Debriefing ‘08) — guess I’m low-brow when it comes to candy, because I don’t care for it much, but when I do indulge, I tend toward the third and bottom tiers.
- Getting Hooked on Sin — “…I saw three areas of overlap between research on dopamine and compulsive involvement with addictive substances. First was the emphasis that researchers placed on “wanting.” I was lucky in Colombia; addicted adolescents often described their experiences as “querer más y más,” to want more and more. Second, dopamine affects shifts in attention, which meant that some adolescents couldn’t focus on anything else when they knew an opportunity to consume was about to come along. Third, adolescents described a sense of being pushed toward something—an urge that rose up without conscious desire.” Wait, are they talking about crack? I could be talking about cake! Well, maybe not cake, but various forms of fried potatos, for sure.
- Wine Diet in a Pill: Mice Stay Trim and Fit on Drug — Well, it’s nice to dream, isn’t it?
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