[MrFlaneur]

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"Power changes the brain triggering increased testosterone in both men and women. Testosterone and one of its by-products called 3-androstanediol, are addictive, largely because they increase dopamine in a part of the brain’s reward system called the nucleus accumbens. Cocaine has its effects through this system also, and by hijacking our brain’s reward system, it can give short-term extreme pleasure but leads to long-term addiction, with all that that entails."

"Submissiveness and dominance have their effects on the same reward circuits of the brain as power and cocaine. Baboons low down in the dominance hierarchy have lower levels of dopamine in key brain areas, but if they get ‘promoted’ to a higher position, then dopamine rises accordingly. This makes them more aggressive and sexually active, and in humans similar changes happen when people are given power. What’s more, power also makes people smarter, because dopamine improves the functioning of the brain’s frontal lobes. Conversely, demotion in a hierarchy decreases dopamine levels, increases stress and reduces cognitive function."

Power - gimmie gimmie gimmie!

Interesting.

Discuss.

[Tactical Panda]

Interesting if true.

Perhaps even to the point where the entire concept of power could have irrational overtones when discussed with people.

Haha. *Walks off and never looks back*

[Polymath20]

Only problem is that higher social rank also comes with higher rates of heart disease in some animals. For other animals, the lower ranked members have more heart disease.

[sircockburn]

	Originally Posted by Polymath20 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Only problem is that higher social rank also comes with higher rates of heart disease in some animals. For other animals, the lower ranked members have more heart disease.

Fuck the heart, WE'RE T'S....BRAIN FIRST.

[Tahiti]

power of love overcomes love of power.... hendrix

[Polymath20]

	Originally Posted by sircockburn To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Fuck the heart, WE'RE T'S....BRAIN FIRST.

But I have a fragile glass heart...


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[NFFNSNC]

Very interesting. However, I still think that our understanding of the brain needs to be 'perfectionned', and that many things are still unknown to us...

[Xanthippe]

Not to take cheap shots, but what does this say about some of our politicians BEFORE power supposedly made them smarter...?

[Distance]

I believe this but it's more complex than just testosterone and dopamine. Adrenaline's in there too, amongst other possible stress hormones.

Been there, done that, crave the hits where it doesn't take much to trigger the desire, not so much for power but for challenge.

E - To expand on this, the power and authority were tools to meet the challenge, to attain the goal. Soul sucking since once the challenge was met and goal attained, only the next challenge and goal mattered.