more dope, 'uhr, talk.

[Mark Kohut]

[Washington State University neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp] says that humans can get just as excited about abstract rewards as tangible ones. He says that when we get thrilled about the world of ideas, about making intellectual connections, about divining meaning, it is the seeking circuits that are firing. The juice that fuels the seeking system is the neurotransmitter dopamine.