UConn Researcher: Dopamine Not About Pleasure (Anymore) | UConn Today - 0 views
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John Crane on 16 Mar 14Salamone, a UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, has spent most of his career battling a particular long-held scientific idea: the popular notion that high levels of brain dopamine are related to experiences of pleasure. As increasing numbers of studies show, he says, the famous neurotransmitter is not responsible for pleasure, but has to do with motivation.