the brain rewards us with more dopamine for the act of…

“When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking…

— Paulo Coelho

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

— Keith Henson

There's a lot of research that indicates the brain rewards us for multi-tasking by giving us a shot of neurochemicals whenever we start a…

— Sherry Turkle

The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.

— Frank Wilczek

“Fortunately, suppressing an impulse doesn’t always have to decrease your dopamine—it can actually feel good. The key is the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible…

— Alex Korb

“From another corner of neuroscience, we’re learning about a neurotransmitter called dopamine. Though there are more than fifty neurotransmitters (that we know of), scientists…

— Jeffrey Foote

The human brain long ago evolved a mechanism for rewarding us when we encountered new information: a little shot of dopamine in the brain…

— Daniel Levitin

“the brain shows less activity in the ventral striatum, a part of the brain involved in our response to rewards”

— David DiSalvo

“Again, dopamine is associated with craving, with novelty and the chase, while happiness and pleasure are something else again.”

— Anonymous

“Research shows that levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine surge when the brain is expecting a reward.[xi] Introducing variability multiplies the effect, creating a focused…

— Nir Eyal

“When we consider how overtargeted and overstimulated our dopamine neurons really are, it’s no surprise that the average person is an overweight procrastinator hooked…

— Michael Matthews

I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my…

— Brit Marling

“Bring your dopamine or adrenaline level down by activating other regions of the brain other than the prefrontal cortex.”

— David Rock

“Of course, dopamine didn’t evolve for crossing arbitrary lines on the ground. It evolved to release energy when you’re about to meet a survival…

— Loretta Graziano Breuning

“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each…

— Nicola Yoon