#149 - Ginny Smith on OVERLOADED

Neuroscience expert and storyteller Ginny Smith chats with Trey Elling about OVERLOADED: HOW EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE IS INFLUENCED BY YOUR BRAIN CHEMICALS. Questions include:

• How do sea slugs help us better understand human memory? (02:40)
• Why is dopamine not necessarily the pleasure chemical? (06:30)
• What causes some people to urinate themselves when scared? (10:29)
• Why do we sleep? (25:37)
• How does coffee wake us up, and why does it lose its effect over time? (29:48)
• Chemically speaking, why do people overeat? (32:52)
• Does swearing help with pain? (35:17)