dopamine in Podcasts
personA neurotransmitter involved in alertness and motivation, released upon vagus nerve activation.
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These neurochemicals include dopamine, serotonin, noradrenaline, and endorphins.
This is why certain sugary or salty foods can ramp up dopamine levels in our brain and make us feel quite good after eating them.
It's three molecules, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, all which cause an increase in alertness, all which cause an increase in focus, a tightening of our visual field and our auditory field.
And today, Dr. Desposito explains the neural circuits controlling executive function and memory, how they interact, the key role of dopamine in executive function and something called working memory, and teaches us ways to optimize executive function and memory, that is, how to optimize cognitive function.
In fact, dopamine is the way that we assess value of our pursuits.
Dopamine is the common currency by which we assess our progress toward particular things of particular value.
And that is the neuromodulator dopamine.
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