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So Many Cravings, So Few Rewards: Understanding How Dopamine Works

A discussion with NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff about dopamine, and escaping the vicious cycle of chasing pleasure.

So Many Cravings, So Few Rewards: Understanding How Dopamine Works

Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world’s foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. The Pulse delivers stories in ways that matter to you, and answers questions you never knew you had.

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