Reward Center
The reward center is a colloquial term for brain networks involved in motivation, reward learning, and behavior management.
Definition
There is no simple pleasure button. The reward system includes networks related to, among others: with dopamine, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex and prediction learning. It is responsible not only for pleasure, but also for the motivational significance of stimuli and the selection of actions that may lead to reward.
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Practice and life
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to reduce the reward system to dopamine. The second mistake is to confuse every reward with something harmful.
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