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The Pleasures and Pains of "Maybe"
Year
2012
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
For a long time, scientists thought that the neurotransmitter dopamine was directly related to pleasure. But it turns out that dopamine is more about the anticipation of reward than the reward itself. Here, plunge into the neuroscience behind why we're willing to deal with such long delays in gratification, and what it says about human motivation and addiction.