Sentences with phrase «dopamine reward system»

Because of their hyper - responsive dopamine reward system, adolescents may be uniquely primed to react positively to educational humor.

This happens in the brain's dopamine reward system which manages how we perceive pleasure — and problems with this system can lead to depression and other mental health problems.

The same dopamine reward system is an essential part of all healthy relationships, creating a feeling of motivation and energy when people are connecting.

«Neuroscience research reveals that humor systematically activates the brain's dopamine reward system,» says Henderson, «and cognitive studies show that dopamine is important for both goal - oriented motivation and long - term memory, while educational research indicates that correctly used humor can be an effective intervention to improve retention in students from kindergarten through college.»

«Babies can elicit oxytocin release and we know that the oxytocin system interacts with the dopamine reward system,» Rilling said.

At the same time, it satisfies some of the addict's cravings by triggering the dopamine reward system.

One lab reconciled these seemingly disparate ideas by focusing on sensitivity to reward, a psychobiological trait assumed to be rooted in the dopamine reward system.

When you actually get results, it engages the dopamine reward system, which replenishes that willpower.

Educators can utilize humor's systematic activation of the dopamine reward system to reinforce the brain's pathways to new knowledge.

Humor activates the brain's dopamine reward system, stimulating goal - oriented motivation and long - term memory, which means that humor can improve retention in students of all ages.

Neuroscience research reveals that humor systematically activates the brain's dopamine reward system, and cognitive studies show that dopamine is important for both goal - oriented motivation and long - term memory, while educational research indicates that correctly - used humor can be an effective intervention to improve retention in students from kindergarten through college.

At their heart, video games are «activity simulators with a dopamine reward system» that could help kids strip problems down, analyze their underlying patterns, try out solutions and practice these skills repeatedly.

Here's Arthur: «When you're in love with someone romantically, the areas of the brain that are activated when you think about them are what we call the dopamine reward system.

It will also provide strategies to reconnect the dopamine reward system to healthy human relationship.

The dopamine reward system is activated in most forms of addiction, providing a devastating feedback loop that keeps people stuck repeating unhealthy behaviors.