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Chiara Bressan | Mapping Ignorance | 20th November 2024 On the neuroscience of heartbreak. Dopamine and norepinephrine levels rise as attraction is frustrated. The stress of separation suppresses serotonin, which adds to the feeling of being "high on love" as it is taken away. Aggression and rage set in as the brain processes the abandonment, followed by despair. The brain pathways are similar to those when recovering from substance addiction (1,100 words)
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Sam Jennings | Hinternet | 21st November 2024 Argument for great literature as a social good, woven into a fictional speech delivered at 5th November festivities. Oddly charming. "Why would I give up this belief so easily? Why wouldn’t I be like some early Christian, looking around at my culture and beginning to conceive of ways to show people what I’ve experienced— what I believe to be the deep, spiritual truth of my transformation?" (3,500 words)
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