Andrew Huberman· PhD
And that's because at least according to the social homeostasis circuit model, they actually get more dopamine from less social interaction.
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And that's because at least according to the social homeostasis circuit model, they actually get more dopamine from less social interaction.
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Whereas the extrovert, we can reasonably assume releases less dopamine in response to an individual social interaction. And so they need much more social interaction in order to feel filled up by that interaction.
The characteristic of an extrovert is somebody that gets energy or feels good from social interactions, they sort of get a lift, and we can predict that that lift occurs because of some release of dopamine within their brain and body.
what we can reasonably assume is that introverts are people that when they engage in certain forms of social interaction, either the amount of dopamine that's released is greater than it is an extrovert, that's right, I said greater than it is at an extrovert, and so they actually feel quite motivated, but also satisfied by very brief, or we could say sort of sparse social interactions.
Whereas extroverts get less dopamine release from an equivalent amount of social interaction.
if you think of yourself as an introvert, it's very likely that you get a lot of dopamine from a few or minimal social interactions. Whereas if you're an extrovert, contrary to what you might think, social interactions are not going to flood your system with dopamine, they actually are going to lead to less dopamine release than it would for an introvert, and therefore you're going to need a lot more social interactions in order to feel filled up by those interactions.
introverts are are um positioned to derive more more pleasure from social interactions than ex extroverts who enter social situations thinking it's going to be great their their dissipation is high and therefore they require a much bigger dopamine inflection um in order to come away from that interaction saying it was great
It's just that they feel filled up or sad by less social interaction than would be an extrovert. And that's because, at least according to the social homeostasis circuit model, they actually get more dopamine from less social interaction. Whereas extroverts get less dopamine release from an equivalent amount of social interaction.
If you think of yourself as an introvert, it's very likely that you get a lot of dopamine from a few or minimal social interactions. Whereas, if you're an extrovert, contrary to what you might think, social interactions are not going to flood your system with dopamine. They actually are going to lead to less dopamine release than it would for an introvert. And therefore, you're going to need a lot more social interactions in order to feel filled up by those interactions.