Know Your Brain: Reward System

The brain’s reward system is governed primarily by dopamine, a neuromodulator that doesn’t create pleasure itself but instead signals anticipation and motivation. Under healthy conditions, dopamine rises in controlled pulses in response to meaningful goals: learning a new skill, exercising, engaging in deep social connection. These pulses create what neuroscientists call “reward prediction errors,” which help the brain calibrate what is worth pursuing. The spacing of those dopamine peaks and tro

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