How to Increase Motivation Drive

This episode explains the science of motivation and drive I describe how dopamine a chemical we all make in our brain underlies our desire for and pursuit of our goals as well as our capacity to move and experience pleasure I describe how we can leverage specific behaviors reward schedules and dopamine-prolactin balance to help ensure we can maintain motivation and capacity for pleasure over the long term I also discuss dopamine in the context of ADHD craving and addiction and some absolutely amazing results about specificity of drug effects based purely on belief HubermanLab Motivation Neuroscience For an updated list of our current sponsors please visit our website as previous sponsors mentioned in this podcast episode may no longer be affiliated with us a https 3A 2F 2Fhubermanlab com 2Fsponsors a Social Website Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Fwww instagram com 2Fhubermanlab a Threads a https 3A 2F 2Fwww threads net 2F 40hubermanlab a Twitter a https 3A 2F 2Ftwitter com 2Fhubermanlab a Facebook a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2Fhubermanlab a TikTok a https 3A 2F 2Fwww tiktok com 2F 40hubermanlab a LinkedIn a https 3A 2F 2Fwww linkedin com 2Fin 2Fandrew-huberman a Website a https 3A 2F 2Fwww hubermanlab com a Newsletter a https 3A 2F 2Fwww hubermanlab com a newsletter Link to study Effects of expectation on specificity of stimulant effects a https 3A 2F 2Fpubmed ncbi nlm nih gov 2F33734725 2F a Timestamps 00 00 00 Introduction 00 04 22 Announcement Spanish Subtitles 00 05 06 Emotions Addiction Mindset 00 06 22 Motivation Movement The Dopamine Connection 00 07 29 A Double-Edged Dopamine Blade 00 08 56 Dopamine Fundamentals Precursor to Adrenalin 00 10 15 The Reward Pathway An Accelerator A Brake 00 12 10 Motivation Pleasure Plus Pain 00 14 14 The Dopamine Staircase Food Sex Nicotine Cocaine Amphetamine 00 16 15 Subjective Control of Dopamine Release 00 17 40 Social Media and Video Games 00 18 15 Addiction Dopamine Progressively Diminishing Returns 00 18 48 Novelty Sensation-Seeking Anticipation 00 20 15 Craving Part Pain Part Pleasure Pain Always Prevails 00 23 11 Desire Scales With Pain The Yearning Function 00 24 43 The Croissant Craving Circuit 00 25 45 Here and Now Molecules Serotonin Bliss Raphe Nucleus 00 26 26 In Your Skin Or Out In the World 00 27 25 Cannabinoids Lethargy Forgetfulness 00 28 15 The Almond Meditation 00 29 30 Drugs That Shift Exteroception Versus Interoception 00 30 36 Emotional Balance Active Passive Manipulation 00 32 36 Procrastination Leveraging Stress Breathing Caffeine L-Tyrosine Prescription Drugs 00 37 04 When Enough Is Never Enough How Dopamine Undermines Itself 00 38 58 Dopamine-Prolactin Dynamics Sex Reproduction Refractory Periods 00 40 30 The Coolidge Effect Novelty-Induced Suppression of Prolactin 00 42 22 Vitamin B6 Zinc As Mild Prolactin Inhibitors 00 43 25 Schizophrenia Dopamine Hyperactivity and Side Effects of Anti-Dopaminergic Drugs 00 45 08 Prolactin Post-Satisfaction Lows Extending the Arc of Dopamine 00 48 00 The Chemistry of I Won But Now What 00 49 00 Healthy Emotional Development Child and Parent 00 50 03 Never Say Maybe Reward Prediction Error 00 52 02 Surprise 00 52 59 Are You Suppressing Your Drive and Motivation By Working Too Late 00 54 50 Disambiguating Pleasure and Drive Dopamine Makes Us Anti-Lazy 00 58 00 Beta-Phenylethylamine PEA Acetyl L-Carnitine 01 00 00 Attention Deficit Disorders Cal Newport Books Impulsivity Obesity 01 03 55 Leveraging Dopamine Schedules 01 05 22 Subjective Control of Dopamine and Drug Effects The Adderall Experiment 01 09 03 Caffeine May Protect Dopamine Neurons Methamphetamine Kills Them 01 10 57 Nicotine Dopamine Possible Neuroprotection Prolactin Increase 01 11 53 Gambling Intermittent Reinforcement Persistent Goal Seeking Bad and Good 01 14 14 Intermittent Halting of Celebration Enjoy Your Wins But Not All of Them 01 18 38 A Story Example of Intermittent Reward to Maintain Long-Term Drive and Motivation 01 21 25 Corrections Notes About Spanish Captions Other Languages Soon 01 24 00 Synthesis Framework Zero-Cost Support A Note About Sponsors The Huberman Lab Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine nursing or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice and no doctor patient relationship is formed The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user s own risk The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice diagnosis or treatment Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions Title Card Photo Credit Mike Blabac a https 3A 2F 2Fwww blabacphoto com a

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