Andrew Huberman· PhD
Yeah, and 30 days is, in my clinical experience, the average amount of time it takes for the brain to reset reward pathways for dopamine transmission to regenerate itself.
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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.
Yeah, and 30 days is, in my clinical experience, the average amount of time it takes for the brain to reset reward pathways for dopamine transmission to regenerate itself.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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So again, this idea that by depriving ourselves of this high dopamine high reward substance or behavior, we allow our brains to regenerate its own dopamine, for the balance to really equilibrate.