Comments on: Overspending: Blame It On Your ‘Debt Gene’? http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/11/06/overspending-blame-it-on-your-debt-gene/ A newswire of human stupidity Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:16:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Your Republican Uncle: In the Genes - Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/11/06/overspending-blame-it-on-your-debt-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Your Republican Uncle: In the Genes - Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - True/Slant Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:13:59 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=8325#comment-1939 [...] it’s certainly plausible that they will in the near future. If we’ve already found one gene potentially linked to risky financial behavior, such as accumulating credit card debt, how long before we find a gene linked to why your uncle is [...] [...] it’s certainly plausible that they will in the near future. If we’ve already found one gene potentially linked to risky financial behavior, such as accumulating credit card debt, how long before we find a gene linked to why your uncle is [...]

]]> By: Ryan Sager - Neuroworld – Genes Get Criminal Time Off - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/11/06/overspending-blame-it-on-your-debt-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Ryan Sager - Neuroworld – Genes Get Criminal Time Off - True/Slant Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:46 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=8325#comment-1606 [...] may remember the MAOA gene from our discussion of genetics and credit card debt. A low-efficiency variant of the gene has been linked to violent and anti-social behavior, as well [...] [...] may remember the MAOA gene from our discussion of genetics and credit card debt. A low-efficiency variant of the gene has been linked to violent and anti-social behavior, as well [...]

]]> By: Ryan Sager - Neuroworld – Comment of the Day - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/11/06/overspending-blame-it-on-your-debt-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Ryan Sager - Neuroworld – Comment of the Day - True/Slant Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:13:15 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=8325#comment-1533 [...] On: Overspending: Blame It on Your Debt Gene? [...] [...] On: Overspending: Blame It on Your Debt Gene? [...]

]]> By: Megan Cottrell http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/11/06/overspending-blame-it-on-your-debt-gene/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Megan Cottrell Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:12:51 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=8325#comment-1531 Really interesting - maybe this is in the paper, but I'd be interested to know how the popular antidepressant SSRI - selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors - affect these genes. Because they cause your cells not to reuptake, the seratonin sits around longer, allowing your neurons to bathe in it a little more and enjoy (at least, this is what my husband, who's a nurse, tells me). So it seems like it could help depression and tame some spending habits too. Not that I'm advocating that debt is a disease. But maybe just a useful side effect? Really interesting – maybe this is in the paper, but I’d be interested to know how the popular antidepressant SSRI – selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors – affect these genes.

Because they cause your cells not to reuptake, the seratonin sits around longer, allowing your neurons to bathe in it a little more and enjoy (at least, this is what my husband, who’s a nurse, tells me). So it seems like it could help depression and tame some spending habits too.

Not that I’m advocating that debt is a disease. But maybe just a useful side effect?

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