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Brain's dopamine reward pathway plays a crucial role in our habits. Understanding the mesocortical dopaminergic system is the secret to habit formation and reinforcement learning. In this video, I clearly explain the different parts of the mesocortical dopaminergic system and how it relates to everyday habit formation through reinforcement learning. I'll cover the medial and lateral systems, how cues and rewards shape our behaviors, and practical steps to form new habits or break old ones.

Timestamps

DOPAMINE SYSTEM
00:38 Mesocortical Dopaminergic System: Medial and Lateral
01:13 Medial Dopamine system: reward
03:16 Reward prediction
03:57 Lateral Dopamine system: attention & focus

HABITS
04:56 What's HABIT vs behavior
05:50 How fast do habits form
06:20 How to FORM a new habit in 3-steps
07:54 How fast do habits form
08:07 How to BREAK a habit
08:35 Reward prediction error