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The happiness hormones

A series on the chemistry of emotion: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins, and how they shape what we feel.

Complete4 parts

  1. 1
    Dopamine

    The myth of the pleasure hormone: why dopamine prefers the chase to the trophy

    · 5 min read
  2. 2
    Oxytocin

    The social glue: oxytocin and the chemistry of human tribes

    · 5 min read
  3. 3
    Serotonin

    The mood thermostat: why serotonin is much more than the «happiness hormone»

    · 4 min read
  4. 4
    Endorphins

    Blessed pain: endorphins and evolution's emergency system

    · 4 min read

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