Genetics of the feeling-style when feeling great:
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It is possible that the style of being in a good mood or even a cognitively-or emotionally sourced euphoria (like Idea thrills, falling in love) could have to do with the trace amino acid receptor genes. Phenylethylamine affects TAAR receptors, and at
me seems to have a particular style of mood elevation and openness to cognitive daring. So, as wikipedia says, “Phenethylamine has been shown to bind to two human trace amine-associated receptors, hTAAR1 and hTAAR2, as an agonist.” That suggests
that SNPs or gene variants of hTAAR could cause people to feel great in a particular style. They could quantitatively measure some (psychology word:) dimensions of how people with different hTAAR genes feel when they are in love, get a happy event, as
well as other things that naturally causes those people’s hTAAR receptors to be activated. That would map out styles and forms of feel-great experiences and link them to genes. Then, optimizing things like the feeling of love as well as things like
idea-thrills could be accomplished with giving humans the most beneficial Feel-great genes available. This technology improves people’s love lives.
Genetics of “children with genes causing high levels of MAO-A were less likely to develop antisocial behavior.” (wikipedia)
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