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October 10, 2011 09:13 am PDT
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What reward does your brain actually seek?
Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of... by FORAtv Dopamine does a lot of things, but you're probably most familiar with it as the chemical your brain uses as a sort-of system of in-game gold coins. You earn the reward for certain behaviors, usually "lizard-brain" type stuff—eating a bowl of pudding, for instance, or finally [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KqZy34PLlgY/what-reward-does-your-brain-actually-seek.html
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