Tag: Dopamine

  • Discipline, Virtue, and Addiction Part I

    Discipline, Virtue, and Addiction Part I

    The Problem and Modern Solution. “I really want that cookie” (I say to myself), “No I don’t. I want to stay away from desserts for now”. How many of us have struggled between various desires in our lives? Part of me really wants that cookie, the other part of me wants to stay disciplined and…

  • Where Neuroscience and Philosophy Meet

    Where Neuroscience and Philosophy Meet

    If you’ve ever been on a weight loss diet then you know the internal struggle at times between what you know you should do and what you want to do. You know that in order to achieve your desired goal of losing a certain amount of weight or hitting targeted health markers you need to…