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Dopamine has been something I’ve wanted to learn more about for a few years, so in this video I share everything I learned from a recent deep dive into the topic. Hopefully it’ll help you better manage your dopamine to be both happier and more productive. Enjoy!
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Important References:
– Dopamine Nation: https://geni.us/6PR1Hgl
– Dopamine in Health and Disease (2021): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7911410/
– Dopamine in Reward-Prediction Error (2016): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549862/
– The Definitive Guide to Dopamine Fasting 2.0 – The Hot Silicon Valley Trend (2019): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dopamine-fasting-new-silicon-valley-trend-dr-cameron-sepah/
– The Tonic-Phasic Model (2000): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1360-0443.95.8s2.1.x
– The Tonic-Phasic Model (2004): https://www.nature.com/articles/1300542#ref-CR42
– Dopamine Neurone Firing (2007): http://behavioralhealth2000.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Regulation-of-firing-of-dopaminergic-neurons-and-control-of-goal-directed-behaviors.pdf
– Dopamine and cocaine addiction (2003): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12687000/
– Dopamine and alcohol addiction (2020): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220300614#bib31
– Dr Anna Lembke and Dopamine Nation (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2u8Z1HeKD8
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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 – Why are we talking about dopamine?
1:28 – Part 1: What is dopamine?
8:01 – Part 2: How to control your dopamine
11:49 – Part 3: 4 strategies for controlling your dopamine
