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How to Produce Neurotransmitters That Make You Feel Healthy

In this video, produced by the Science Museum, the Punk Science team look at the effects of the food we eat on neurotransmitters in the brain. They show an experiment comparing the effects of exercise, different foods and laughter on health; and explain that these cause changes in seratonin and dopamine levels.

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