Field Notes
Does TV really "eat your dopamine"?
What the neuroscience says about passive consumption and reward, and where the slogan overreaches
The claim that television "depletes dopamine" has spread from Lembke and Huberman into general health discourse. The underlying neuroscience does not say what the popular version claims it says. The behavioural concerns about passive consumption are real, and largely independent of dopamine.
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By Mick
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