THE DOPAMINE BRAIN
Technical supplements
One per chapter. The studies, the numbers, and what each one does not show — written to be handed to your physician.
Every chapter, and the evidence under it
The book makes the argument. These show the receipts, claim by claim: the study, its design, who was in it, the number and exactly where it sits in the paper, and what it does not show. Across the thirty-one, 417 pages and 577 references.
Each one arrives by email. Open the chapter you want and enter your name, email and mobile number; the rest follow one a week, in order. Every chapter has its video on the same page.
Chapter 0 — The Oldest Teacher
11 pages · 14 references
Chapter 1 — The Pleasure Myth
11 pages · 15 references
Chapter 2 — The Prediction Error
12 pages · 17 references
Chapter 3 — The Vigor Signal
12 pages · 15 references
Chapter 4 — The Factory Line
12 pages · 16 references
Chapter 5 — The Two Keys
13 pages · 16 references
Chapter 6 — The Movement Machine
14 pages · 16 references
Chapter 7 — The Wanting Circuit
14 pages · 18 references
Chapter 8 — The Inverted U
14 pages · 17 references
Chapter 9 — The Milk Switch
13 pages · 16 references
Chapter 10 — The Gut Makes Its Own
17 pages · 21 references
Chapter 11 — The Vomit Trigger
14 pages · 18 references
Chapter 12 — Pressure, Not Protection
12 pages · 17 references
Chapter 13 — The Immune Messenger
13 pages · 20 references
Chapter 14 — The Insulin Brake
15 pages · 18 references
Chapter 15 — The Calorie Detector
13 pages · 15 references
Chapter 16 — The Direct Agonists
11 pages · 19 references
Chapter 17 — The Trace Amines
12 pages · 22 references
Chapter 18 — The Counterfeit Keys
13 pages · 28 references
Chapter 19 — The Blockade
12 pages · 18 references
Chapter 20 — The Opioid Detour
12 pages · 17 references
Chapter 21 — The Hedonic Treadmill
14 pages · 23 references
Chapter 22 — The Object Rotates
15 pages · 15 references
Chapter 23 — The Lonely Striatum
18 pages · 26 references
Chapter 24 — The Sleep-Starved Receptor
13 pages · 19 references
Chapter 25 — The Anti-Reward Hub
13 pages · 19 references
Chapter 26 — The Pain-Dopamine Loop
14 pages · 20 references
Chapter 27 — Movement Is the Prescription
16 pages · 16 references
Chapter 28 — Hedonic Substitution
19 pages · 37 references
Chapter 29 — The Surrender
13 pages · 17 references
Chapter 30 — Why We Do What We Do When We Do
12 pages · 12 references
Educational material, not medical advice.