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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As stated in the other post, this article mischaracterizes the findings. No one thought dopamine flooded the brain. This finding is important because it's the first time we've been able to visually see the behavior we thought was happening.

[–] bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons.

Thank you. Almost every word of the sentence above is very much not what college freshmen have been taught for 30+ years. Dopamine was never thought to "flood the brain." For a few decades it's been understood to have highly targeted action, restricted by various factors not least of which is the fact that dopamine is only produced in/near certain synapses.

Straw men are sometimes the most annoying men.