The reward system

The brain labels our actions and behaviour as ‘rewarding’, usually in our formative years. We need to review our behaviour and habits and update the brain’s reward system.

Example: We may be having a habit of eating a lot of cake, since our childhood. Now as an adult,...

These pathways, which rely on the neurotransmitter dopamine, are often referred to as the reward system, but they are also involved in motivation, attention, decision making, and other complex functions. In their studies, Wang and Volkow found that both drug addicts a...

It rewards our enjoyable experiences (eating tasty food or doing fun things), Motivates us to repeat these behaviors by creating a feeling of pleasure forming addictive patterns.

How dopamine works:

• Lnked to brain's reward system, released when we do something pl...