Dopamine’s yin-yang personality: It’s an upper and a downer
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 09:40
in Psychology & Sociology
For decades, psychologists have viewed the neurotransmitter dopamine as a double-edged sword: released in the brain as a reward to train us to seek out pleasurable experiences, but also a “drug” the constant pursuit of which leads to addiction. According to a new study from UC Berkeley, that’s only one face of dopamine. The flip […]