reward system

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Genetics can also play a role in how much coffee people enjoy, influencing both caffeine metabolism and the brain's reward system.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Since the ’70s, many other studies have confirmed that placebos can activate opioid receptors, as well as dopamine receptors, which are part of the body’s internal reward system.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

I shut my account and moved to a card with a reward system that doesn’t require a spreadsheet to track.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Dopamine is involved in the brain's reward system and is released in response to something pleasurable, which motivates us to do it again.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

For this, you need centralized authority, elaborately detailed time schedules, and some sort of reward system based on speed and perfection.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas