Chemistry and Anthropology behind social behavior EDSO

How to be a Leader?

Hormone Defenition

 No need other individuals to be released

 Design to Mask Physical Pain, released when physical pain is present – allows us to have high
levels of endurance, and to actually be addicted to it
Endorfine
 Historical reason - allowed us to have endurance, pursuing the animals when hunting

 Example: “Runners High”, “Laughing releases endorphins, convulsing the internal organs and
endorphins mask the physical pain”, “Too much laugh hurts, run out of endorphins”

 No need other individuals to be released

 Release when we accomplish something

 Historical reason – allowed us to look for food even when we weren’t hungry, because the lack of
resources. One didn’t know when would be possible to eat. Most of the animals only hunt when
Dopamine
they are hungry. Lions don’t attack when they aren’t hungry.

 Dopamine is highly addictive, very dangerous in an unbalanced system, very helpful in a balanced
and healthy system.

 Examples of things that release dopamine – Alcohol, mobilephone, gambling, drugs, eating, sex…

 Design to manage the first two hormones. Release when social recognition is made

Serotonin  A

 A

 a

 A

 Design to manage the first two hormones.

Oxytocin  A

 A

 a