Anna Lembke | Breaking Free from Digital Addiction: Insights on Dopamine
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The Dopamine Response to Intoxicants
Intoxicants release a lot of dopamine all at once in the reward pathway, different from natural rewards. Our brains are evolved for a world of scarcity, making us work hard for natural rewards like food and shelter. The release of large amounts of dopamine by modern potent reinforcers causes our brain to down-regulate dopamine to compensate.
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