The brain loves a pleasant surprise...

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> The brain likes to be pleasantly
> surprised--it triggers the pleasure centers.
> Something we probably knew, but here we have
> lent support to the hypothesis. (Full
> article link below)

> Reminds me of something they did with rats.
> They attached a little electrode to the
> medial forebrain bundle of the rats(the
> pleasure center of the brain). The rats
> learned that they could push a bar to
> deliver a little "shock" to their
> MFB.

> Would you believe it? Even starving rats
> would rather stimulate their MFB than eat.
> These poor little rats pushed that bar until
> their legs were tired--some would turn
> around and push the bar with their behinds.
> Some starved to death and died (even though
> food was available).

> Facinated by these finding, researchers
> asked prison inmates to volunteer to have an
> electrode planted in their MFB. The convicts
> said it was incredible--like a thousand
> orgasms.

> (Added note: Whenever we feel pleasure, it
> is usually acting on dopamine and the
> pleasure pathway.)

> I like this stuff about the pleasure
> pathway...I think addictions (even healthy
> ones like "seriel
> entrepreneurship") ARE addicting
> because of our pleasure pathway.

> Becky