Dopamine: Differences in Gender, Brain Regions, and Tendencies

By Mark Daily

Dopamine makes us human. It has been proven over and over again that it manifests itself differently in animals. It has been researched and been found identical to human traits and our motivation to do anything in life, our creativity, and our problem-solving skills.
Dopamine is also a drug, a neurotransmitter our brains release and cause us to become dependent on substances, porn, attention, entertainment, or other pleasurable things in life.



In this guide, we will go over some of the great opportunities and dangers of dopamine. We will discuss the difference between the left and right brain, and the most common differences between dopamine in the female and male brain. Last but not least, we will share some thoughts about achieving goals and its relationship to dopamine triggers.



All of these topics can give you greater insight in your own psyche as well as others. Please take a look inside or listen to the audio version of the book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anonymous
• Release date: Nov 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9791220217859

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Dopamine

Differences in Gender, Brain Regions, and Tendencies

By Mark Daily

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What Does Dopamine Actually Do?

Chapter 2: Dopamine and the Cerebellum Make Us Really Human

Chapter 3: The Real Results of Dopamine

Chapter 4: Why Is It So Difficult to Just Say No?

Chapter 5: Dreams Are Affected by Dopamine

Chapter 6: Dopamine, the Left Brain, Women, and Men

Chapter 7: Does the Reward System Actually Benefit Us?

Chapter 8: Dopamine and Iron

Chapter 9: Why Goals Don't Bring Complete Satisfaction

Chapter 1: What Does Dopamine Actually Do?

Dopamine is a famous chemical. It holds a treasured position in the annals of well-known science as the reward drug. Countless short articles refer to the latest research studies of foods, sex and exercise as enhancing dopamine, and, by implication, enjoyment. However, is that characterization accurate? What does dopamine really do?

In the past 20 years, research on the role of dopamine in the brain has continued apace. A key finding is that dopamine is not the benefit chemical, at the very least not in the way that the media would've us believe.

In the 1990s, a now-classic experiment was carried out by Wolfram Schultz and colleagues. He noted from brain cells that produce dopamine and deliver it to other brain areas. An increase in the shooting of these nerve cells is an indication that more dopamine is being released in the brain. Schultz turned on a light, and then delivered a tasty drop of juice to the animal. At first, the dopamine cells responded to the juice, constant with the reward theory. But in time, as the animal started to comprehend that juice always followed lights, the dopamine response went away, though the animals continued to gulp the juice down. Then, when the researchers suddenly stopped the flow of juice, dopamine decreased. This