The (surprising) role of Dopamine in habits!

Описание: Dopamine is the brain chemical which is linked to habits and behaviour. This video explores the tole of dopamine in habits and it may not be what most people think! The action of dopamine also shows why cues are so powerful when making and breaking habits- and something we can practically look at.

00:00 Intro- dopamine and habits!
01:05 What is dopamine?
02:35 Is dopamine the pleasure chemical?
03:42 Recap the habit cycle
04:20 Where does dopamine come into the habit cycle?
06:44 What happens if the reward does not come?
07:37 Incentive Salience
08:12 Dopamine, gambling and fast-food
09:42 Using dopamine reward prediction practically


Study describing dopamine recordings from the monkey brain:

Schultz W, Apicella P, Ljungberg T (1993) Responses of monkey dopamine neurons to reward and conditioned stimuli during successive steps of learning a delayed response task. J Neurosci 13:900–913

Amazing intro music:

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