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EPISODE · May 29, 2020 · 1 MIN

The Neuroscience of Motivation and Self-Discipline

from Neuroscience · host Collins Rotimi

In towards motivation the dopamine system is primarily active. Dopamine determines how the brain processes reward and hence what is motivating to pursue. ... There is a system of brain regions that are important: one is the nucleus accumbens, another is the Striatum and the third is the ventral medial prefrontal cortex.

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