Dopamine: The Currency of Desire
Yet each subsequent reward tends to deliver a slightly weaker dopamine spike—a phenomenon economists call diminishing marginal utility, explaining why the tenth bite never tastes as delicious as the first.
But dopamine has another, darker trick up its sleeve. Repeated dopamine surges alters the brain's wiring, reducing sensitivity to natural... See more
But dopamine has another, darker trick up its sleeve. Repeated dopamine surges alters the brain's wiring, reducing sensitivity to natural... See more
Julie Zhuo • Our Souls Need Proof of Work
Dopamine may play a bigger role in the motivation to get a reward than the pleasure of the reward itself. Wanting more than liking.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
A human brain, operating at a greater degree of complexity, tries to figure out the pattern that governs the variable rewards. The brain of a compulsive gambler releases dopamine, a reward chemical, to motivate the gambler to pay attention to the seemingly causal connection between pulling the lever and winning the jackpot. Near misses, such as two
... See moreJames Doty • Mind Magic
The d in DOPAMINE stands for data. I begin by gathering the simple facts of consumption.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dopamine may play a bigger role in the motivation to get a reward than the pleasure of the reward itself. Wanting more than liking.