Motivation and Reward

Neuornugget #1

Perception of a Rewarding Stimulus:

When the brain encounters something rewarding (like tasty food or an exciting thought), various regions process this perception. The hippocampus provides context based on past experiences, while the amygdala adds emotional weight to the stimulus.

So this is learned behaviour.

You can provide your brain with experiences that are actually good for you and for your creating the optimal life by engaging in fulfilling and meaningful activities. Then by purposefully ‘feeling’ the emotion that arises from the activity.

Spoiler alert: Click bait social media activities are detrimental to this circuitry and reduce motivaton and provide ‘reward’ in the wrong part of the brain. I cannot emphasise this enough.

Especially for young brains.

No young brains should be allowed anywhere near this and adult brains really should be reducing or stopping their exposure.

Employ your time instead with training your brain to feel motivated and rewarded the right way!

I am pain-stricken to say, that today’s so-called modern humans are all like the dogs in Pavlov’s experiment. Pavlov used a bell to manipulate the mind of his dogs, and today, social media platforms are using people’s own beloved smartphones to manipulate them