From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 09:20:11 MDT
I snipped this from the article
>Dopamine is an important chemical involved in the brain's reward and
motivation >system, and in addiction. Its role in the reward system may be to
help us decide >whether information is relevant or irrelevant, says Françoise
Schenk from the >University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
Could it be that believers really do 'Get Off' on conspiracy theories like a
drug addiction? Their own brain rewarding them for finding obscure patterns?
>In a message dated 29/07/02 11:05:56 GMT Daylight Time, asa@nada.kth.se >
writes:
>This seems relevant:
>http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992589
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