Charan Ranganath

Part two of the story is we show that face right after the question. And if people are curious to find the answer to the question, they get a bump in memory for the faces relative to if they're not curious. Now, the faces have nothing to do with the trivia question, but it's being in that curious state that drives this dopaminergic activity in the membrane.

Part two of the story is we show that face right after the question. And if people are curious to find the answer to the question, they get a bump in memory for the faces relative to if they're not curious. Now, the faces have nothing to do with the trivia question, but it's being in that curious state that drives this dopaminergic activity in the membrane.

So there's a whole lot of other studies, findings from that study. But basically, I think, God, I got to, you know, sometimes you do a lot of studies. I mean, I've published a like 180 studies.

So there's a whole lot of other studies, findings from that study. But basically, I think, God, I got to, you know, sometimes you do a lot of studies. I mean, I've published a like 180 studies.

So there's a whole lot of other studies, findings from that study. But basically, I think, God, I got to, you know, sometimes you do a lot of studies. I mean, I've published a like 180 studies.

So it's like, I'm trying to remember the exact, I think it was like functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the red brain during the face was predicting better memory for these faces in general, something like that.

So it's like, I'm trying to remember the exact, I think it was like functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the red brain during the face was predicting better memory for these faces in general, something like that.

So it's like, I'm trying to remember the exact, I think it was like functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the red brain during the face was predicting better memory for these faces in general, something like that.

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Beautiful synopsis, but I'll do two cheerful amendments. So one is technically we're not measuring dopamine, so I have to be very clear about that. This is bold signal, meaning it's metabolic activity, but it's following all the usual suspects of where you'd expect it to be. The second thing is I do think that dopamine is playing a part. And I mean, it definitely facilitates plasticity.

Beautiful synopsis, but I'll do two cheerful amendments. So one is technically we're not measuring dopamine, so I have to be very clear about that. This is bold signal, meaning it's metabolic activity, but it's following all the usual suspects of where you'd expect it to be. The second thing is I do think that dopamine is playing a part. And I mean, it definitely facilitates plasticity.

Beautiful synopsis, but I'll do two cheerful amendments. So one is technically we're not measuring dopamine, so I have to be very clear about that. This is bold signal, meaning it's metabolic activity, but it's following all the usual suspects of where you'd expect it to be. The second thing is I do think that dopamine is playing a part. And I mean, it definitely facilitates plasticity.

So I do think it helps in learning the answer for sure. And there's a whole theory called synaptic tagging, which basically says that if you just release a bunch of dopamine and then you have these potentiated synapses, that you can drive plasticity in those synapses, even if it's not happening at the same time. But what's really cool is the face has nothing to do with the trivia question, right?

So I do think it helps in learning the answer for sure. And there's a whole theory called synaptic tagging, which basically says that if you just release a bunch of dopamine and then you have these potentiated synapses, that you can drive plasticity in those synapses, even if it's not happening at the same time. But what's really cool is the face has nothing to do with the trivia question, right?

So I do think it helps in learning the answer for sure. And there's a whole theory called synaptic tagging, which basically says that if you just release a bunch of dopamine and then you have these potentiated synapses, that you can drive plasticity in those synapses, even if it's not happening at the same time. But what's really cool is the face has nothing to do with the trivia question, right?

The theory that we have is when you get that bump in dopamine activity, you're motivated, you're energized to get the answer, and you're driven towards a state of plasticity. And now giving you something that has nothing to do with this question, and boom, you got it.

The theory that we have is when you get that bump in dopamine activity, you're motivated, you're energized to get the answer, and you're driven towards a state of plasticity. And now giving you something that has nothing to do with this question, and boom, you got it.

The theory that we have is when you get that bump in dopamine activity, you're motivated, you're energized to get the answer, and you're driven towards a state of plasticity. And now giving you something that has nothing to do with this question, and boom, you got it.