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How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Caffeine can increase dopamine release by 30% and might have a protective effect on dopamine neurons.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Dopamine is responsible for movement and motivation.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
The VTA in the brain contains neurons that send axons, which send out dopamine. This builds the core pathway for reward. The break for the dopamine release is the prefrontal cortex. Dopamine is a two path process in balancing pleasure and pain. If you get excited in a anticipatory way, the pathway starts firing and creates a desire to move and act.... See more
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Reward prediction error = dopamine released - expected
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
PEA releases seratonin and dopamine at low levels. People report heightened mental acuity, wellbeing but vary widely.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
The RAPHE releases seratonin in different places in the brain. It biases us to stay in the heat and now and think about what we have. Dopamine makes us think about thinks we don’t have. Dopamine and seratonin should be in balance.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Just thinking about food, sex or dopamine increases the amount as much as the action itself. Once you reach that thing the amount of dopamine goes up even further.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Watching intense light between 10 and 4 at Night reduces the capacity to produce dopamine.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
It evolved to keep our vital needs satiated and not for any pleasurable experience or indulgence. Dopamine is about the desire to do more to reduce pain. Your desire for something consists of the pleasure of the experience and the pain you have when you don’t Experience it.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
Dopamine finished each time you reach the goal.