Unlocking Pleasure: Understanding the Neuroscience of the Brain's Reward System

DISCLAIMER: This webinar discusses mature topics such as drugs and sex, even if they are discussed in an educational context. Please watch at your discretion. Recording date: 22nd June 2023 For more information on Workplace Needs Assessments, please visit this link: https://exceptionalindividuals.com/ca... Come and join our upcoming neurodiversity events at http://exceptionalindividualsevents.e... Please register now to secure your place! About this event Join us for an exciting journey into the world of the #rewardsystem and its impact on our behaviour. We will delve into the anatomy and chemistry of the reward #pathway in the brain and how changes in the #neurons can lead to psychiatric disorders. Our expert, Nat Hawley, will take us through the cutting-edge experiments that study the reward pathway in living humans, giving us an in-depth understanding of this critical aspect of brain function. Get ready to explore the intricacies of the reward system and how it shapes our behaviour. On this day, we aim to cover: How the reward system forms our behaviours A look at neurons and how their change can cause psychiatric disorders How experiments can study the reward pathway in the living human Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:43 - About Exceptional Individuals, Neurodiversity and this Webinar 02:37 - About Us/Parkinson's Disease and the Brain webinar 03:35 - The Reward System of the Brain 04:00 - How do you reward yourself? 05:55 - Rewards 08:13 - Which ones are natural rewards? 10:27 - How does good food make you feel? 12:05 - Natural Rewards 14:22 - Rank the natural reward that you respond best to 15:27 - Neuroscience 101 15:42 - A Neuron 17:01 - Neurotransmitters are released into synapses. 17:50 - Close-up of synapse 19:10 - What symbol shows the neurotransmitter dopamine? 20:10 - Dopamine - True or False? 22:42 - Where in the brain is the VTA? 24:35 - Reward Experiment on Rodents 26:16 - What drugs/behaviours cause the biggest release of dopamine in the brain? 27:44 - The dopamine-releasing drug can lead to addiction... 32:21 - Consequences of drugs 35:01 - Normal firing of dopamine neurons releasing dopamine 35:47 - Re-uptake of dopamine is slower 38:36 - Ongoing Research 39:53 - Summary 41:00 - Library (Pause to read) 41:12 - Exceptional Individuals YouTube channel 41:35 - Neurodiversity Fake News webinar 42:11 - Contact Us 42:49 - End screen Parkinson's Disease and the Brain webinar:    • Unlocking Pleasure: Understanding the Neur...   Lower thirds by Minna Picture from Adobe Stock: https://stock.adobe.com/uk/search?k=l... Music: Feelin Good Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... The social media icons in the end screen are from https://iconscout.com/ Twitter logo icon by Abdul Abid Facebook and Instagram logo icons by Pixel Icons Our online neurodiversity quizzes (please note, these are not intended to diagnose neurodiversity): https://exceptionalindividuals.com/ca... Our website: https://exceptionalindividuals.com/ Our YouTube channel:    / @exceptionalindividuals   Please follow us on social media Facebook:   / exceptionalindividuals   Twitter:   / exceptional_ind   Instagram:   / exceptional_individuals   LinkedIn:   / mycompany