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Dr. Robert Malenka: How Your Brain’s Reward Circuits Drive Your Choices
Huberman Lab
The Evolutionary Purpose of Reward Circuitry
The reward circuitry in our brain serves a crucial evolutionary purpose./nIt informs us about stimuli that are important for our survival or dangerous./nHighly reinforcing and rewarding foods are not a coincidence, but a result of our brain mechanism./nSexual experiences, warmth when cold, and quenching thirst are rewarding due to this mechanism./nThis mechanism encourages repeating behaviors that lead to rewarding experiences./nIt is important for our brain to recognize and avoid dangerous events.
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