handoflixue comments on The Cognitive Costs to Doing Things - Less Wrong

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Comment author: atucker 02 May 2011 08:05:58PM *  4 points [-]

Cool article.

Altering of hormonal balance - A far too frequently ignored cost. A lot of activities will change your hormonal balance for the better or worse. Entering into conflict-like situations can and does increase adrenalin and cortisol and other stress hormones. Then you face adrenalin withdrawal and crash later.

Could you go into more detail, or recommend a place to go to read about more on this? I don't see this factor mentioned much elsewhere.

Comment author: handoflixue 06 May 2011 07:33:09PM 0 points [-]

I'd also love to read more about this.