How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12

Dopamine finished each time you reach the goal.

Reward prediction error = dopamine released - expected

Dopamine is responsible for movement and motivation.

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.

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

It is the substrate from which epinephrine is made.

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

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

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