The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

01/11/2022 23 min
The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

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Episode Synopsis

How are habits – both good and bad – formed in the brain, and what role do habits play in diseases of the brain? These are some of the questions neuroscientist, Talia Lerner, PhD, is investigating in her lab. Her recent study, published in Cell Reports, may change the overall understanding of how habits are formed and could be broken.

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