Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure
March 21, 2011 by George Canciani · Leave a Comment
Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monkeys and humans.
Sapolsky argues that in both, “Dopamine is not about pleasure, it’s about the anticipation of pleasure.” The difference from monkeys is that humans “keep dopamine levels up for decades waiting for the reward.”
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