US EditionHow to Escape the “Dopamine Crash Loop” and Rewire Your Curiosity
UNITED STATES, JUL 22 – Researchers found dopamine sends both fast, localized signals and slower, widespread signals in mouse brains, explaining its role in diverse behaviors and brain functions.
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How to escape the “dopamine crash loop” and rewire your curiosity
I know I’m running on empty when I find myself endlessly scrolling through my phone at 11pm, lying in bed, thumb-flicking through an infinite stream of content. It’s a familiar cycle: one more post, one more video, one more refresh. Each swipe delivers a tiny hit of something, just enough to keep me going. It’s only when I finally put the phone down that I realize what just happened: my brain’s reward system, designed to keep me alive, has been …
Dopamine is one of the most studied chemical messengers in the human brain, but scientists are only just beginning to understand how this substance can fulfill so many different roles.
You may have already heard that the pull function to update several mobile applications sens- worse first of all from the lever of a slot machine, reproducing an already addictive mechanism that keeps us hanging on to our devices. This resemblance to the most profitable game of chance is not a coincidence. Nor is it the only method used by Big Tech companies to hack our brains and encourage us to stay online longer and adopt addictive behaviors.
Imagine that you are waiting for a friend in a cafe and suddenly your smartphone vibrates. It doesn’t matter if it was a silly meme or a working email: your heart accelerates for a second. That spark comes from dopamine, the chemical messenger who announces “rewards in sight!” when something unexpected happens on the screen. Neurologists compare that download with the one that causes other addictive substances, just because it arrives without wa…
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