Andrew Huberman· PhD
sometimes when something happens to someone that we don't like, the reward system actually comes on.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
sometimes when something happens to someone that we don't like, the reward system actually comes on.
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So ordinarily if you see someone be shocked you have interior insula. It's like you're being shocked too. Unless that person is first portrayed as violating some moral or social norm, in which case dopamine, you get a reward out of seeing that person punished.