What Is Dopamine Actually Doing To My Brain?

Añadido: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]What is a dopamine hit actually doing to my brain?

[00:00:03]>> Well, dopamine's an interesting molecule. It serves two main functions in our brain, and both of those have to do with learning. So, the first hit means that we get a dopamine spritz at a time when something important happens.

[00:00:16]And the importance often is when something surprising happens. But when we go back and do the thing again, that dopamine firing shifts. So, it shifts to anticipatory firing. So, dopamine is often described as this motivation molecule. And so, we're going to get a dopamine hit when we're motivated to do something.