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grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:
Dopamine is not a pleasure chemical. It's a reinforcement signal. It tells your brain "I want more," not "this feels good."
In our recent Change, Technically: @analog_ashley (a neuroscientist) and I (a psychologist) got into what the landmark 1997 monkey study actually showed, why dopamine detoxes are built on a misreading, and how "blame the molecule" stories erase the larger regulation of biological systems and our agency.
🎧 https://www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/episodes/19600763-dopamine-misunderstood