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    The Chemical Dance: How Hormones and Status Shape Our Decisions

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    21 set 2025
    PsychologyScienceSelf-growth

    Discover how dopamine, serotonin and cortisol secretly influence your choices in this cutting-edge exploration of decision-making biology. Drawing from Wolfram Schultz's neuroscience research, Andrew Huberman's dopamine studies, and Robert Sapolsky's insights, learn how status and hormones create the hidden feedback loop determining what you value.

    The Chemical Dance: How Hormones and Status Shape Our Decisions

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    Values aren't just abstract ideals we carry around—they're living priorities our biology re-weights depending on our hormonal state and social position.

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    Fonti di conoscenza
    Dopamine Nation
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/dopamine-nation-by-anna-lembke
    The Status Game
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-status-game-by-will-storr
    The Elephant in the Brain
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-elephant-in-the-brain-by-kevin-simler
    The Molecule of More
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-molecule-of-more-by-daniel-z-lieberman
    The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
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    https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-hour-between-dog-and-wolf-by-john-coates
    Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32491659-behave

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    The Chemical Dance of Decision-Making

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    Your Brain's Value Calculator

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    The Hormone Cast Directing Your Life

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    The Status-Hormone Tango

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    When Biology Hijacks Your Values

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    The Trust Equation

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    Practical Plays for Better Decisions

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    Beyond the Chemical Simplification

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    The Biology of Better Choices

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