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dopamine

Woo-Woo or Wisdom?

The more we practice, the more the brain will cooperate by producing the dopamine of anticipation to help us along the way.

Addicted to War

What feeds war addiction? Let’s look at the various theories and what vets explain what drives them, in their own words.

Anorexia, Gambling, and the Anticipation Wrinkle

We need dopamine to inform us that we have received something we wanted, and maybe even something that we never knew we wanted.

Public Policy and America’s Opioid Epidemic

Two leading neuroscience researchers from Mount Sinai lay out their public policy recommendations for managing the opioid epidemic.

More Anticipation Wrinkle

Apparently, dopamine is not only the reward, but the incentive that goads an individual to pursue that reward.