Dr. Cat Hicks

Was reminded of this great piece today by another tech dopamine post

https://medium.com/the-spike/the-crimes-against-dopamine-b82b082d5f3d

The crimes against dopamine - The Spike - Medium

Dopamine is in the cultural zeitgeist. Want to lose weight? Eat the Dopamine Diet. Want to dress happy? Try Dopamine Dressing. Want to be a Silicon Valley hi-tech entrepreneur genius? Boost your…

The Spike
Jun 2 at 6:41amWeb
Show threadGeorge DinwiddieJun 2
@grimalkina Nice! That adds some nuance to my understanding of the consequences of prediction error.
Show threadMorten GrøftehaugeJun 2
@grimalkina What a wonderful read! I really struggle with explaining to people that dopamine and serotonin are just signalling molecules that make synapses go and their effect is dependent on what neuron is on each side of the synapse. And then all the extra synaptic signalling that artificial neural network people do not want to hear about.
Show threadDr. Cat HicksJun 2
@drgroftehauge Mark is a great neuroscientist writer and has a really fun book too! https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike
The Spike

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work

Show threadDr. Cat HicksJun 2
@drgroftehauge and yeah felt, if I never have to hear "neural network" again in tech that would be ok
Show threadJonathan SchusterJun 3
@grimalkina Thank you! That certainly fixed some of my misconceptions.