I am a laymen so please excuse my short comings during our interactions. This graph seems to argue that users/addicts begin to experience illusory highs beginning from the second dose of a drug or substance. By ‘illusory high' I mean that the addict mistakes the relief of the discomfort of the withdrawal from whatever it is - nicotine, cocaine, alcohol, etc. - for 'getting high' again. When the addict relieves the discomfort of withdrawal, this brings him or her back to near normal, and this feeling may be perceived as another high. What the person may have forgotten, however, is that someon ..read more

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It seems counterintuitive because people often seem to feel that they're an "auditory learner" or "visual learner" or learn best one way or another. Is the issue basically that "learning styles" imply that a person can only learn in one way when in reality we can learn in different ways and might even learn best in different ways depending on the content? Would "learning preferences" be a more accurate term to suggest that people tend to prefer a particular modality of learning but could also learn in different ways if needed and might even benefit from other ways depending on the content? So ..read more

Came across someone online saying that multiple neuroscientists they have worked with are against IQ tests and have very rigorous and well crafted arguments as to hey they are pseudoscientific (they didn't give any of the reasons). I'm wondering if this is generally seen as the case, and why would people hold those opinions about IQ tests? submitted by /u/TakingNamesFan69 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi! For the A and B booklets, are the lookup tables at the back the same? submitted by /u/Spare-Passenger5076 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hey Everyone, Welcome to the r/Neuropsychology weekly education, training, and professional development megathread. The subreddit gets a large proportion of incoming content dedicated to questions related to the schooling and professional life of neuropsychologists. Most of these questions can be answered by browsing the subreddit function; however, we still get many posts with very specific and individualized questions (often related to coursework, graduate programs, lab research etc.). Often these individualized questions are important...but usually only to the OP given how specific and ind ..read more

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The only attempt to establish something like this, AFAIK, involved moldy carrot cake. Do we have some approximate threshold rating that corresponds to what the 'average' person might consider affectively arousing (i.e. 5.3/10, 0.24/1)? Is there some consensus on what prevents us from narrowing down such a threshold, like 'subjective emotional sensitivity', 'subjective understanding of the scale', 'all of the above'? Of course, there can't be an exact, absolute number that applies to everyone, but we do have some concepts which people generally agree are upsetting/joyful/scary, etc. Is there a ..read more

I'm a neuroscience student and from way before my academics, I found ADHD to be a very "fishy" diagnosis. Now, I'm thankful for the quashing of mental health stigmas, and they are still out there, but this one doesn't seem to carry any. Im also aware that it can be easy for even professionals and researchers to have difficulty seeing something from a different perspective if it's been their way of thinking/body of knowledge for a long time. I'm looking for some objective, level-headed explanations with evidence to convince me otherwise. Here's my reasoning behind my thought: it's the main "c ..read more

Neuropsychologist of reddit, what are some bizzare, interesting, or cool cases you’ve worked on? Was it in a clinic, doing forensics, in a hospital? submitted by /u/Ctgroovy [visit reddit] [comments ..read more