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Prelude to Passion: Limbic Activation by "Unseen" Drug and Sexual Cues

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Comments: Your reward circuit and dopamine get activated by sexual cues outside your conscious awareness....or before "you" even know it. In other words your reward circuitry starts squirting dopamine for you to "go for it" before your higher brain even knows what's going on. Or put another way - your reward circuitry takes control before your frontal cortex can put on the brakes. Ever experience that?

Prelude to Passion: Limbic Activation by "Unseen" Drug and Sexual Cues

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Brain Study Highlights Role of Dopamine in Impulsive Behavior

This research is important because it hints at the role of behavior in dysregulating dopamine. Certain cues cause impulsivity, due to dopamine release.

Impulsive, Weak-Willed or Just Too Much Dopamine? Brain Study Highlights Role of Dopamine in Impulsive Behavior

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