• ඞmir@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    Isn’t dopamine causing the “yes I successfully did it” feeling too?

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      16 days ago

      Nope.

      That’s endorphins.

      Dopamine works in the background to condition motor behaviors to seek out the reward. It’s not the reward. It’s not a feeling or emotion.