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The Chemistry of Culture

June 6, 2018

Neuroscientists are learning that there is, in fact, a chemistry of culture—and it can be measured. As scientists extend their exploration of how the brain works, they are also learning that the brain’s chemistry creates a chemical foundation for our most basic human behaviors, including forming relationships with others. Within any group, the accumulated human relationships, behaviors, and emotions that we call “culture” is actually a drug, or to be more precise, a cocktail of drugs that flows in and around the brain.

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