As stated in the other post, this article mischaracterizes the findings. No one thought dopamine flooded the brain. This finding is important because it’s the first time we’ve been able to visually see the behavior we thought was happening.

Wow so really using certain medications to flood the brain is like using a bazooka vs how dopamine is meant to be more precisely distributed.

Hell, mine hasn’t worked like it’s “supposed to” for, like, ever, AFAIK. So, eh. 🤷🏼‍♂️

The only thing surprising here is that people thought it worked any other way to begin with. Given that it’s a reinforcement mechanism then it makes sense that it would be both spatially and temporally discrete.