Andrew Huberman· PhD
Well, the problem seems to be that when dopamine is low, neurons fire more than they should in these networks that govern attention.
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Well, the problem seems to be that when dopamine is low, neurons fire more than they should in these networks that govern attention.
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It turns out that if dopamine levels are too low in particular circuits in the brain that it leads to unnecessary firing of neurons in the brain that are unrelated to the task that one is trying to do and that is unrelated to the information that one is trying to focus on.