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296. Neuroscience Meets Psychology | Dr. Andrew Huberman

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Role of Dopamine in Anticipation and Motivation

This chapter of the podcast episode explores the role of the dopamine system in driving anticipation and motivation. It discusses how the dopamine system is responsible for signaling the possibility of something good happening, creating a repetitive state of hope and craving. The chapter also touches on the prefrontal cortex's involvement in the dopamine reward system and the concept of reward prediction error.

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