You'd think people would realize they're bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
You work at a job, and you reach a certain level, and you're a little satisfied, and you keep going at it… — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
We get dopamine in the brain when we like something a lot. Well, cellphones stimulate dopamine, too. So it really is the… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
I can give you high blood pressure just on the phone by criticizing you. On the other hand, I can send a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We get one of these little pings on our smartphones, and we get a little hit of dopamine as well. We get… — Kim Stolz Copy Share Image
“The guy on the video said that the blink of connection on the cell phone when we get a text triggers… get… — Staci Stallings Copy Share Image
“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt by the common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Dopamine is not just about reward anticipation; it fuels the goal-directed behavior needed to gain that reward; dopamine “binds” the value of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“The release of dopamine is a form of information, a message that tells the organism “Do that again.” Dopamine produces the sensation… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The more armed we are with information about the seduction of technology, the more we can build systems to better deal with… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“Most people think love comes from the heart or soul. The heart simply pumps blood, so love can't be created there. Where… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“Pleasure demands constant and repeated stimulation to be felt for a common mind. If it is a book, one must finish one… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“Knutson’s group shows that the greater the probability of reward, the more activation in the medial PFC.96 But switches from 50 to… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“There may be a genetic basis to how much dopamine each of our brains produces. The gene that codes for the production… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, there’s a downside to the dopamine system, and that is addiction. Addictive drugs take over the role of reward signals that… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“This is central to understanding the nature of motivation, as well as its failures (e.g., during depression, where there is inhibition of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Setting Goals to Increase Dopamine. People are often at their best when working toward a long-term, meaningful goal that they believe is… — Alex Korb Copy Share Image
The exaggerated dopamine sensitivity of the introvert leads one to believe that when in public, introverts, regardless of its validity, often feel… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The connection between dopamine and belief was established by experiments conducted by Peter Brugger and his colleague Christine Mohr at the University… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Dopamine enhances the ability of neurons to transmit signals between one another. How? By acting as an agonist (as opposed to antagonist),… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“When we consider how overtargeted and overstimulated our dopamine neurons really are, it’s no surprise that the average person is an overweight… — Michael Matthews Copy Share Image
“Research shows that levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine surge when the brain is expecting a reward.[xi] Introducing variability multiplies the effect, creating… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
When women are subordinate by their culture, in being able to anticipate or think about pleasurable sex, it boosts dopamine, which is… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“On average, dopamine receptor density is reduced in the VTA target regions of obese subjects as compared with those lean subjects (a… — David J. Linden Copy Share Image
“Do you know novelty can not only keep us engaged, but also serve as a source of motivation? When we are exposed… — Jennifer April Copy Share Image
Much of the early work focused on dopamine and we were really looking for rewarding sorts of effects and sure enough, we… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
“the bigger the goal, the more effort it requires, the more dopamine we get. This is why it feels really good to… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“...the reward centers of the brain--where the pleasure of those high-calorie foods registers--also respond to other substances that bring about pleasure…But those… — Bob Greene Copy Share Image
Science has learned recently that contempt and indignation are addictive mental states. I mean physically and chemically addictive. Literally! People who are… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Breaking through the fear barrier is a big deal. The dopamine hit that comes with completing a previously insurmountable goal or getting… — Simon Marshall Copy Share Image
“Lots of work has examined the genes involved, most broadly showing that variants that produce lowered dopamine signaling (less dopamine in the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Vanderbilt University scientists had discovered chemically testable differences between psychopaths and others. One was the variance in levels of dopamine, a naturally… — Michael Benson Copy Share Image
“The Dopamine Paradigm by Stewart Stafford Never so connected, Yet, never further apart, A crowded room's isolation, An aspic suitors' false start.… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, suppressing an impulse doesn’t always have to decrease your dopamine—it can actually feel good. The key is the prefrontal cortex, which… — Alex Korb Copy Share Image
The human brain long ago evolved a mechanism for rewarding us when we encountered new information: a little shot of dopamine in… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The important thing is that while heroin and cocaine and tobacco and every drug and junk food cause dopamine release, there are… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image