Dopemine Is a Pleasure Mechanism

Study after study began to show that dopamen isn't about liking rewards, it's about wanting them. Dopemine is a mechanism by which we get motivated to go after the good sensory rewards of life. When people ask us what we want in our everyday life, like where we want to go for dinner, they're usually thinking of a conscious desire for a particular outcome or goal. But psychologically, and from the brain's point of vew there is a difference.