Dopamine Isn’t Just a Happy Chemical

Go to https://curiositystream.com/SciShowPsych to start streaming Curious Minds: Happiness. Use code scishowpsych to sign up, just $14.99 for the whole YEAR. When we think of the neurotransmitter dopamine, we often imagine it, and other molecules in our brains, as doing one specific thing. But that's just flat out wrong! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow Psych by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Become a Patron and have your name featured in the description of every SciShow Psych episode! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32786316/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165%2F11585090-000000000-00000 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23966584/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16566899/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22748562/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27930324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4878671/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19627998/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31279747/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322309010944?casa_token=LlGmBR2G87EAAAAA:AWsOkBTctBw1LKM3Rr2HWUr7N7Sc--B3pRvo1m9Wd7qHctqEoO8RVBi_Gbw2AIcwI57N-G2I https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18477617/ Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleus_accumbens_sag.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cute-funny-brain-character-and-speech-bubble-with-sun-vector-hand-drawn-cartoon-gm1323728877-409294047 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopamine.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Striatum.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pramipexole_ball-and-stick_model.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopamine_3D_ball.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleus_accumbens.svg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-illustration-of-transmitting-synapse-neuron-or-nerve-cell-gm1127956958-297481183 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/microscopic-view-of-the-synapses-brain-connections-neurons-and-synapses-gm1295065406-388886711 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-illustration-of-a-synapse-part-of-a-neuron-or-nerve-cell-gm1125791163-296104041 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/brain-cross-section-with-labels-gm502041209-43608806 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-brain-illustration-with-hormone-biochemical-concept-background-gm1015875708-273349670 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/image-of-brain-picturing-human-intelligence-concept-gm1015290888-273243071


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