Kouzou Sakai
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What, if anything, makes mood fundamentally different from memory?
To better understand mood disorders—and to develop more effective treatments—should we target the brain, the mind, the environment or all three?
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What, if anything, makes mood fundamentally different from memory?
Is the brain uncontrollable, like the weather?
The brain may be chaotic. Does that mean our efforts to control it are doomed?
![Illustration of a meteorologist pointing to an aerial view of clouds swirling over a brain-shaped land mass.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1200-rust-brain-weather-synaptic-neuroscience-1024x683.webp)
Is the brain uncontrollable, like the weather?
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