The Role of Dopamine: How It Fuels the Thrill of Gambling and Risk-Taking
Understanding Dopamine Dopamine’s central to the brain’s reward system. It’s a neurotransmitter that transmits signals between nerve cells. When we experience something pleasurable, like winning a bet, dopamine’s released, reinforcing behaviors and making them more likely to be repeated. Several brain regions are involved in dopamine production and release. The ventral tegmental area (VTA) produces […]
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