InsightSeason 2026Episode 24
Chasing Dopamine
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What do extreme sports, doomscrolling, addiction, Parkinson's disease, and ADHD all have in common? Dopamine. This crucial neurotransmitter helps facilitate pleasure, reward, motivation, memory and movement within the body, but is that always a good thing? Insight explores when the activation of dopamine can lead to pleasure, or pain.