The Dopamine Reward System Is Just Lighting Up

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Every time i analyze my data and one of my lab mates mckenna she has the keys for everything so i blindly analyze it. whenever she decodes it and sends it back to me and then i'm able to graph it every time that happens no matter what the results are that is the most exciting, says Elizabeth Plunk. "That dopamine reward system is just lighting up" he adds.

I’m at the airport and there are hundreds of brain scientists everywhere. So I swallowed my dignity/anxiety and approached strangers about the neuroscience they do. The result is a bushel of info on cravings, sleep, consciousness, addiction, dopamine, monogamy, Ozempic, toxins in your brain and so much more with: Georgia Kirkpatrick, Isabella Montana, Dr. Marissa Co, Chancey Garrett, Noah Millman, Pique Choi, Dr. Barbara Sorg and Elizabeth Plunk. Oops, we just made a bunch of new friends. All thanks to poster tubes, a.k.a: nerdurdurs.

A donation went to the Society for Neuroscience at SFN.org

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