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5: Episode 5

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for Modern Life

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The Effect of Reward on the Brain

If assignment that you're doing is requiring quite a bit of detailed thought, objective thought, your mind is battling with this part of it. You're therefore already through your thoughts trying to ignite the reward center because you're thinking, hey, I need a break. Now, if whilst doing that, your brain keeps wondering someone was horrible to you earlier that day. And you're kind of thinking about it, you're holding resentment to it. And that plays on your mind.

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