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Across several episodes, the host repeatedly highlighted the book as an excellent resource for understanding dopamine’s role beyond addiction, emphasizing its insights into motivation, craving, and emotional regulation. He recommended it for listeners interested in how dopamine influences everyday behavior, reward prediction, and impulsivity, noting its clear explanations and practical relevance. Overall, the discussion portrayed the title as a highly valuable read for anyone seeking a deeper grasp of brain chemistry and motivation.
Episode: Science-Based Tools for Increasing Happiness
This book, "The Molecule of More", was described as an excellent read for understanding dopamine in everyday life, beyond addiction.
If you're interested in dopamine more generally just not just in the states of addiction but in everyday life and in pursuit and motivation the molecule of more is an excellent book related to that.
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It was said that dopamine is not just about pleasure, but it establishes craving.
There's a book, great book called The Molecule of More. I didn't write the book unfortunately, but someone else did, and it's a great book. And it's really about how dopamine, we think it's about pleasure, but it establishes craving.
Episode: Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus &...
The book "The Molecule of More" discusses dopamine schedules and the relationship between dopamine peaks and baselines, and focuses on behaviors other than addiction.
The other terrific book about dopamine is the molecule of more which is similar in some regard but isn't so much about addiction it's more about other types of behaviors both books really focus on these dopamine schedules and the relationship between these peaks and baselines of dopamine
Episode: How To Increase Motivation & Drive
It was referred to as a source of information about the 'here and now' molecules like serotonin and oxytocin, which are related to contentment and satisfaction.
Those were described as the 'here and now' molecules, the ones that allow you to experience your sensations and pleasure in the present and for which the brain stops projecting into the future.
in the book the molecule of more, wonderful book.
there's an experiment described in the book the molecule of more which is really interesting where they looked at impulsivity in obese children
Episode: How Foods and Nutrients Control Our Moods
The book 'The Molecule of More' was described as terrific and was recommended to learn more about dopamine, reward prediction error, and how dopamine regulates aspects of emotional and motivational life.
A book since people often ask for book recommendations, I don't know the author personally but I love the book it's called the molecule of more, it's a terrific book I wish I had written it frankly, but if you want to learn more about dopamine reward prediction error and how dopamine regulates various aspects of your emotional and motivational life it's a terrific read.
Episode: How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement &...
It was highly recommended due to its detailed and insightful exploration of dopamine, beyond just its reward function, and how subjective the molecule's effects can be.
It's called The Molecule of More and it really talks about dopamine not just as a molecule associated with reward, but a molecule associated with motivation and pursuit and just how subjectively controlled dopamine can be.
Episode: Essentials: How to Increase Motivation & Drive
Huberman said the episode would cover neuromodulators like serotonin and oxytocin and referenced the concepts in the book The Molecule of More, calling it a wonderful book.
So we're going to talk about all of those in the book, The Molecule of More, wonderful book.
Episode: Essentials: How to Learn Faster by Using Failures,...
Huberman highlighted the book as a top recommendation for learning about dopamine, noting it explains dopamine's role beyond reward to motivation and pursuit and emphasizes its subjective control.
In fact, a book that I highly recommend if you want to read more about dopamine, it's a book that frankly, I wish I had written. It's such a wonderful book, it's called The Molecule of More, and it really talks about dopamine not just as a molecule associated with reward, but a molecule associated with motivation and pursuit and just how subjectively controlled dopamine can be.
