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The Neuroscience of Motivation and Self-Discipline Neuroscience

    • Life Sciences

In towards motivation the dopamine system is primarily active. Dopamine determines how the brain processes reward and hence what is motivating to pursue. ... There is a system of brain regions that are important: one is the nucleus accumbens, another is the Striatum and the third is the ventral medial prefrontal cortex.

In towards motivation the dopamine system is primarily active. Dopamine determines how the brain processes reward and hence what is motivating to pursue. ... There is a system of brain regions that are important: one is the nucleus accumbens, another is the Striatum and the third is the ventral medial prefrontal cortex.

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