Essentials: How to Increase Motivation & Drive

421.392 - 442.882 Andrew Huberman

Let's say you're hungry or you're looking forward to a cup of coffee. or you're going to see your partner. Well, your dopamine neurons are firing at a low rate until you start thinking about the thing that you want or the thing that you're looking forward to. When you eat that food, the amount of dopamine that's released in this reward pathway goes up about 50% above baseline.