This is crucially important to understand dopamine is not just released when we get the reward . When we get the thing that we're pursuing , dopamine is released in anticipation of what we want . That increase in dopamine is by no happenstance .
So if you're hungry and you're thinking about that dopamine starts rising . This is crucially important to understand dopamine is not just released when we get the reward . When we get the thing that we're pursuing , dopamine is released in anticipation of what we want .
Really nice roast beef sandwich on sourdough with a slice of Swiss tomatoes slice of pickle here , I'm describing the sandwich that I would want . So if you're hungry and you're thinking about that dopamine starts rising . This is crucially important to understand dopamine is not just released when we get the reward .
No mistake relates also to our propensity and desire to move . Remember earlier , I told you there's a separate circuit of dopamine that triggers movement and that when it's depleted is causing things like deficits and movement related to Parkinson's or other movement disorders . Well , that's not pure coincidence .
So if I desire a sandwich or I desire a cup of coffee or I desire some water . When I'm thirsty , there's an increase in dopamine that we could call a little mini peak in dopamine . But then here's the key thing very soon after I realized my desire for something that peak that was caused by the desire comes down and drops below baseline below the level of dopamine that it was prior to even thinking about the sandwich or the coffee or the glass of water .
