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Dopamine drives wanting rather than liking: the pleasure of actually getting the thing runs on opioids instead, which is why an addict can want what they do not enjoy.

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SubjectsAddictionmotivation
What these subjects mean

Addiction Compulsive use that continues through the harm it causes — and the argument about whether it is a disease, a choice, or a response to pain.

motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

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What Masud Husain actually said

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  1. Masud Husain

    Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford

    And the evidence suggests that wanting pursuit of a goal is mediated or modulated at least by dopamine whereas actually the liking the pleasure you might get from an outcome is not that seems to be related to uh opioid neurotransmitters in the brain.

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    Watch from 1:16:28 plays here

    ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com

    video · 2h 20m · spoken · machine transcript

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