The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Serotonin does not stimulate action. It tends to stimulate stillness. Very different than the neuromodulator dopamine which is a reward feel good neuromodulator that stimulates action. And actually dopamine is the cursor to epinephrin, to adrenaline which actually puts us into action. It's actually made from dopamine, right?
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Serotonin does not stimulate action. It tends to stimulate stillness. Very different than the neuromodulator dopamine, which is a reward, feel good neuromodulator that stimulates action.