PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Opioid Receptor, Substantia Nigra, Neurotransmitter

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 202
• Professor: Lauren Kathleen Graham

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This likely works the sa(cid:373)e i(cid:374) people too : when you go to a restaurant, eat the food, and love it. Over time, when you go back to the restaurant, you get excited (dopamine response) when you approach the restaurant, but when you eat the food it"s like you expected (no dopamine response) Brain: dopamine is produced in the substantia nigra, rewarding stimuli can increase dopamine, food, achievement, social contact, drugs of abuse. Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong - ted talk.