What Masud Husain thinks about Addiction

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Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford, whose research covers apathy, motivation, attention and Alzheimer's disease.

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1. 24 Aug 2026

   Our readingDopamine 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.

   motivation

   Their wordsAnd 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.

   ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 16th of 24 in this recording