Discover how dopamine, serotonin and cortisol secretly influence your choices in this cutting-edge exploration of decision-making biology. Drawing from Wolfram Schultz's neuroscience research, Andrew Huberman's dopamine studies, and Robert Sapolsky's insights, learn how status and hormones create the hidden feedback loop determining what you value.

How do hormones affect our motivation and decision-making process?








Создано выпускниками Колумбийского университета в Сан-Франциско
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Создано выпускниками Колумбийского университета в Сан-Франциско

Nia: Welcome to the BeFreed Podcast, where we distill complex ideas into personalized insights you can actually use. I'm Nia, joined today by my co-host Jackson for a fascinating exploration of something that affects every choice we make.
Jackson: I'm Jackson! And I'm genuinely excited about today's topic-how hormones and status shape our values and decisions. You know that feeling when someone's snarky comment ruins your day? Or when a promotion suddenly makes you feel invincible? There's a fascinating biological loop running underneath all that.
Nia: Absolutely! We're diving into this hidden system where hormones broadcast our internal conditions while status signals broadcast our social standing-together creating this powerful feedback loop that tunes what we want, what we notice, and what we're willing to risk.