Social Interaction and the 'Bliss Molecule'

This week on SciShow News, scientists found that social interaction triggers the production of the “bliss molecule” in mice. Plus, eating sugar is about more than just the calories.

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[lukatheott]

This makes drug wars between gangs that deal pot ironic on a level I had not realized before

[alyssamsipe]

"stay away from the candy bars"
*eats candy bar*

[alec]

Maybe stay away from candy bars ----> day before holloween

[PilotPlater]

well.... clouds are like totally incredible...

[alleczuthest]

Studies have shown that social interaction lowers your average intelligence.

[MrPatrickHenryCheryl]

_"The mouse brains were then removed..."_
Welp, shit went downhill real fast for the mice.

[JimiMoore]

Love the candy bar close! Perfectly embodies what I love about SciShow.

[joescott]

You're going to tell us this on Halloween? You MONSTER!

[SaraSchenstrom]

SciShow, I love how you make a point of NOT getting all "don't eat/do this!!" when it comes to sugar and such in your videos. It's important to know what power you have over people and understand how it can affect them, and you certainly know what you are doing.

[sisyphusmarble]

Thank you for posting your sources! Makes life so much better.

[boy]

How can a pizza be totally free of sugar? There tend to be sugars in the pizza dough (the yeast need to feed on sugars to produce the CO2 needed to expand the dough), the tomato sauce can have sugars, and the cured meat (if any) as well can have sugars. Correct me if i'm wrong please.

[andrewkocurek]

Stay away from candy. Posting the day before halloween. It's like you never wanted to succeed with that message at all.

[joshuaosei]

You may as well have stabbed that candy bar at the end into my heart.

[lostevesy]

Where can I find flash frozen mice brains.

[brfisher]

Man, I enjoy Michael as a host because like Hank he cracks me up with his humor everytime XD

[EugeneHerbsman]

Preaching the power of the ECS, love you guys haha

[quepacho]

Sooo, stay away from sugar AND processed and red meats...
*ties up noose from the ceiling*

[minecrafterkid]

I feel like Michael Aranda has gotten much better as a host throughout the time that I've watched him. Not that he wasn't already good when he started out

What was the "sugar" group given? Were that also different types of sugar (lactose, glucose, sacharose, fructose, polisacharides, or even glucose syrup, glucose-fructose syrup)? In what types of meals?

[marthastokeworth]

I love how they showed us understanding at the end :-D