Dopamine, not brain size or specific genes, is what made us human. Dr. Fred Previck, MD, author of a book on the dopaminergic mind, walks Armand DiMele through how dopamine drove language, working memory, abstract thought, and civilization itself, and why its runaway modern excess now threatens the very societies it built.
Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW break down a four-part framework of thinking styles, concrete sequential, concrete random, abstract sequential, and abstract random, showing how each shapes personality, stress responses, and the fit between therapist and client. The conversation ends on trust as the core of healing.
What made humans human? Dr. Fred Previck, MD, cognitive neuroscientist and author, argues that a dramatic expansion of dopamine in the brain drove our species to language, abstract thought, strategic planning, and civilization itself. Armand DiMele traces the arc from early hominids to modern society, asking whether our dopaminergic drive is now outpacing our wisdom.
