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seconds.Sign up “FOLK NEUROSCIENCE Popular misconceptions ■ The
"left-brain" is rational, the "right-brain" is creative The
hemispheres have different specialisations (the left usually has
key language areas, for example) but there is no clear rational-
creative split and you need both hemispheres to be successful at
either. You can no more do right-brain thinking than you can do
rear-brain thinking.■ Dopamine is a pleasure chemical Dopamine
has many functions in the brain, from supporting concentration
to regulating the production of breast milk. Even in its most
closely associated functioning it is usually considered to be
involved in motivation (wanting) rather than the feeling of
pleasure itself.■ Low serotonin causes depression A concept
almost entirely promoted by pharmaceutical companies in the
1980s and 90s to sell serotonin-enhancing drugs like Prozac. No
consistent evidence for it.■ Video games, TV violence, porn or
any other social spectr