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Tuesday, December 4th
Dec. 4th, 2012 01:13 pmThe Daily Report
Something interesting came across my desk today. I've been writing a bit here and there about brain chemistry and caffeine and dopamine... I've always thought of dopamine as a chemical component of pleasure, and recently learned it has some connections to the brain's reward-recognition mechanism, which has implications for motivation.
Now it turns out that there's research indicating that its primary purpose might be motivation.
I've kind of felt like I might be grasping at a tangent in this whole motivational deficit thing. Apparently not.
The State of the Me
Doing good. Did take valerian last night, slept well.
Plans For Today
Mostly writing.
Something interesting came across my desk today. I've been writing a bit here and there about brain chemistry and caffeine and dopamine... I've always thought of dopamine as a chemical component of pleasure, and recently learned it has some connections to the brain's reward-recognition mechanism, which has implications for motivation.
Now it turns out that there's research indicating that its primary purpose might be motivation.
I've kind of felt like I might be grasping at a tangent in this whole motivational deficit thing. Apparently not.
The State of the Me
Doing good. Did take valerian last night, slept well.
Plans For Today
Mostly writing.