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Information is like snacks, money, and drugs to the brain

by Laura Counts newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu published 2019-06-19

Can’t stop checking your phone, even when you’re not expecting any important messages? Blame your brain. A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food. “To the brain, information is…
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