dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin

“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

“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

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

— David Rock

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

“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

“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

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

— Anonymous

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

— David DiSalvo

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

“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

Dopamine makes up less than one percent of the brain's neurotransmitters. It's a small portion. Dopamine is released when people are happy, angry, stressed.…

— Carl Hart

I can't get any satiation. My brain is wired in such a way that I - in my research, I probably have a lack…

— Nick Nolte

“the brain rewards us with more dopamine for the act of seeking a reward than for the act of receiving one.”

— Brad Stulberg

“The release of dopamine is a form of information, a message that tells the organism “Do that again.” Dopamine produces the sensation of pleasure…

— Michael Shermer

People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain…

— Brendon Burchard