Jingle All the Brain: The Neurochemistry of Christmas | Episode 57

This is your brain on Christmas. Hop on this wild neurochemical sleigh ride through the brain. Learn how things like serotonin and dopamine affect your behavior during the holidays. More importantly, learn how to optimize them to ensure that you will indeed have a very merry Christmas. Life is a battle between connection and solitude, a see-saw between having and wanting, being and becoming, present and future. This episode explores such themes through the lenses of biology, culture, and psychology.