“Science has learned recently that contempt and indignation are addictive mental states. I mean physically and chemically addictive. Literally! People who are self-righteous a lot are apparently doping themselves rhythmically with auto-secreted surges of dopamine, endorphins and enkephalins. Didn't you ever ask yourself why indignation feels so good?” PeopleFeelsMeanSelfStatesAsksContemptRighteousIndignationSelf RighteousDopamineEndorphinsDoping Author:David Brin
“You start doing the addictive behavior to feel good and then your receptors get overloaded with dopamine, then you stop doing the addictive thing and some of the receptors have shut down and you don't have enough dopamine to feel good. So then you feel bad and go back to the addictive behavior to get more dopamine. The strange thing is that it works with what we think of as uppers and downers and whatever you call gambling - sidewaysers.” ThinkingFeelsEnoughStrangeBehaviorDown AndFeel GoodGamblingStrange ThingsDopamineDownersOverloaded Author:Bill Nye
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling
“Dopamine makes up less than one percent of the brain's neurotransmitters. It's a small portion. Dopamine is released when people are happy, angry, stressed. So it's really hard to call this specific neurotransmitter "the pleasure neurotransmitter."” PeopleHardPleasureBrainPercentAngryPortionsStressedDopamineNeurotransmitters Author:Carl Hart
“Much of the early work focused on dopamine and we were really looking for rewarding sorts of effects and sure enough, we only found that. But you can destroy the main dopamine-producing structures of the brain and you can still get an animal to self-administer drugs like cocaine.” StillsSelfEnoughFoundAnimalBrainEffectsDrugStructureFocusedCocaineDopamineEarly Work Author:Carl Hart
“People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain works is that dopamine - the so-called feel-good chemical - is released the second we actually do something. So the motivation doesn't come before, it comes after.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingTodayMotivationWishBrainFeel GoodChemicalsDopamine Author:Brendon Burchard
“We know that drugs, sex and rock and roll stimulates something called dopamine in the brain. So do videogames. Dopamine is something that we crave.” KnowsSexBrainRocksDrugRock And RollCraveDopamineVideogame Author:Devra Davis
“We get dopamine in the brain when we like something a lot. Well, cellphones stimulate dopamine, too. So it really is the case that there are some people who are pretty addicted to these devices.” PeopleWellsBrainCasesDevicesLike SomethingDopamineCellphone Author:Devra Davis
“When women are subordinate by their culture, in being able to anticipate or think about pleasurable sex, it boosts dopamine, which is about confidence and assertiveness and motivation and drive and focus. So that to me, explained why for 5,000 years female sexuality has been targeted.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensAbleMotivationCultureSexFocusFemaleSexualityAnticipateSubordinatesBoostAssertivenessDopamineFemale SexualityMotivation And Drive Author:Naomi Wolf
“It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it also serves as the main messenger in the reward systems, guiding a person toward food, drink, mates, and all things useful for survival. Because of its role in the reward system, imbalances in dopamine can trigger gambling, overeating, and drug addiction - behaviors that result from a reward system gone awry.” PersonsTurnsResultsBrainRolesGoneDutyDrinkDrugBehaviorSurvivalAll ThingsRewardsAddictionCommandGamblingChemicalsMatesTriggersMotorMessengersDrug AddictionDrug AddictImbalanceDopamineOvereating Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.” FallBrainPoetDrugFalling In LoveInsanityChemicalsAdrenalineDopamineOxytocin Author:Tess Gerritsen
“When the eyes of a woman that a man finds attractive look directly at him, his brain secretes the pleasure-inducing chemical dopamine - but not when she looks elsewhere.” MenLooksEyePleasureBrainAttractiveChemicalsElsewhereDopamineSocial Intelligence Author:Daniel Goleman
“In accounts of men in battle, there is an incredible adrenaline rush from group-versus-group conflict. The fervor and passion of partisans is clearly rewarding; and if it's rewarding, it involves dopamine; and if it involves dopamine, then it is potentially addictive.” IfsMenPassionGroupsBattleConflictAccountsIncrediblesVersusPartisansAdrenalineDopamineFervorAdrenaline Rush Author:Jonathan Haidt
“Every time my TweetDeck shoots a new tweet to my desktop, I experience a little dopamine spritz that takes me away from... from... wait, what was I saying?” LittlesWaitingTake MeTweetDopamineDesktopTake Me Away Author:Bill Keller