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Experts On: Addiction and Enlightenment

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Pleasure and Pain: Neuroscience Discoveries

Pleasure and pain are processed in the same parts of the brain, like opposite sides of a balance. When we feel pleasure, dopamine is released and we feel good. However, the brain wants to maintain a balance, so it down regulates dopamine production. This overshoots in order to restore a level balance called homeostasis.

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