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.

Dopamine is responsible for movement and motivation.

Watching intense light between 10 and 4 at Night reduces the capacity to produce dopamine.

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.

It is the substrate from which epinephrine is made.

The number one determinant of dopamine release is novelty.

Caffeine can increase dopamine release by 30% and might have a protective effect on dopamine neurons.

PEA releases seratonin and dopamine at low levels. People report heightened mental acuity, wellbeing but vary widely.

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.