That’s how they get their dopamine. I asked my doctor one time if it was true dopamine makes us do the things we do, he said yeah pretty much. You and your brain are two different people. Your brain wants dopamine, you do things that provide it.

In the part of the brain called the basal ganglia, dopamine plays a key role in muscle movement.

The firing of dopamine neurons in the VTA is strongly linked to motivation.

Dopamine is key to the formation of memories, especially those tethered to reward and novelty.