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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:

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