Sentences with phrase «activates reward circuitry»

The wick in the candle of learning: Epistemic curiosity activates reward circuitry and enhances memory.

Checking our devices activates the reward circuitry in the brain, triggering the body to release a hit of the «pleasure hormone» dopamine, which is exactly what happens when we gamble, says Dr. Greenfield.

Not exact matches

Power activates the very same reward circuitry in the brain and creates an addictive «high» in much the same way as drug addiction.

Situations that are normally socially rewarding fail to activate brain - reward circuitry in autistic children, Izuma adds, so they may also find the idea of a good social reputation less rewarding.

In fact, attractive faces activate the same reward circuitry in the brain as food, drugs and money.