We can now access dopamine release without any effort at all. High flavor, high calorie density food is probably rare in nature at one point. Most people are like the rat just sitting there just popping Cheetos into their mouth. If it comes within an intensity and a frequency that's too hot, it doesn't require effort,. It will destroy a person. We can get a dopamine hit from Cheetos. Anything pleasurable? TV. Video game addiction for instance. Social media are YouTube addiction.
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.
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