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Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards (news.northwestern.edu)

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[–] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

If you want to be broad and make generalizations, sure. But in any meaningful sense, that is not correct. Dopamine is used in the reward pathway, it is not a reward by itself.

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