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The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says.

Drawn from what Masud Husain said

Subjectssocial mediamotivation
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social media Feeds and the platforms that rank them: what an algorithm decides is important, and what curating your own sources costs.

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

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  1. Masud Husain

    Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford

    One is yes, I agree with you that this sort of behavior, doom scrolling, etc. occurs, but I think the evidence that there are dopamine hits when you're doing this isn't really very strong.

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    Watch from 1:15:02 plays here

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

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