Dopamine: Driving Your Brain into the Future
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Daniel Lieberman |
TEDxWilmingtonWomen
• November 2017
Why are we obsessed with the things we want – and bored when we get them? Why do highly driven people so rarely enjoy the success they’ve earned? The answer is dopamine, a chemical in the brain that has been called “the pleasure molecule.” But is it? Find out why it holds the key to desire, motivation, and sometimes the most disastrous of consequences.