Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia

Others report that intrinsic motivation was associated with the deactivation of the amygdala, dorsal ACC, ACC over here, ACC over here, right?

Dorsal medial striatum, ventral striatum, not exactly the same, but in the same ballpark, and insula.

This is another piece of evidence linking neural deactivation to intrinsic motivation.

Y'all understand?

This is what a lot of people don't realize.

You can be externally motivated or internally motivated.

You literally in your brain cannot do both.

There are some circuits in the brain.

When those circuits are on, we are externally motivated.

When those circuits are off, we are internally motivated.

Literally, it's the same part of your brain.

It's kind of like I can be breathing or I can be swallowing.

There's one space.

Esophagus is collapsible.

There's two tubes.

And when stuff goes down the neck, it either goes into the lungs or into the mouth.

You can't do both at the same time.

You have this one part of your brain.

If it's on, you're externally motivated.

If it's off, you're internally motivated.