pontifex comments on A rationalist's guide to psychoactive drugs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pontifex 10 February 2011 11:35:27PM 0 points [-]

As an added bonus, theanine appears to boost the immune system.

Not sure that's merely a "bonus": there's a lot of literature suggesting a link between immune system activity and affective states, and if we take the somatic marker hypothesis seriously this is likely where the real action is.

e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.06.006