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Dr. Read Montague on Huberman Lab: How dopamine learns

Montague frames dopamine as a temporal-difference signal, not a pleasure gauge; tonic baseline sets motivation while phasic spikes encode prediction errors.

Dr. Read MontagueguestAndrew Hubermanhost
Feb 2, 20262h 41mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 2:54

    Read Montague

  2. 2:54 – 8:49

    Dopamine, Motivation & Learning

  3. 8:49 – 12:24

    Reward Prediction Error, Expectations

  4. 12:24 – 14:54

    Sponsors: David & Joovv

  5. 14:54 – 23:36

    Foraging, Dating, Expectations vs Outcomes; AI

  6. 23:36 – 29:58

    Dopamine, Expectation, Motivation; Forward Drive; Dopamine “Hits”

  7. 29:58 – 34:36

    Baseline Dopamine & Fluctuations; Parkinson’s Disease

  8. 34:36 – 42:29

    Movement, Urgency; ADHD, Bee’s Dance, Explorer vs Focus Mode

  9. 42:29 – 43:40

    Sponsor: AG1

  10. 43:40 – 50:54

    Social Media, ADHD; Explorers vs Task-Based, Combat

  11. 50:54 – 1:01:36

    Effort, Learning; Social Media & Phones, Resisting Behaviors

  12. 1:01:36 – 1:11:21

    Serotonin & Dopamine, Opponency, SSRIs

  13. 1:11:21 – 1:18:34

    Hunger, Dopamine; Negative Feedback, Learning, Trauma; Torture

  14. 1:18:34 – 1:19:48

    Drugs of Abuse & High Dopamine

  15. 1:19:48 – 1:21:35

    Sponsor: Function

  16. 1:21:35 – 1:27:34

    Trauma & Dopamine Adaptation

  17. 1:27:34 – 1:29:50

    SSRIs, Dopamine, Positive Experiences

  18. 1:29:50 – 1:36:16

    Deep Brain Stimulation; Measuring Dopamine & Serotonin in Humans

  19. 1:36:16 – 1:45:14

    Sleep; Divorce; Science is a Contact Sport

  20. 1:45:14 – 1:54:14

    Long-Term Motivation, Learning How to Fail, Tool: Kids & Sports

  21. 1:54:14 – 1:55:34

    Sponsor: LMNT

  22. 1:55:34 – 2:04:38

    Meditation, Breathing, Learning; Dopamine as a Currency

  23. 2:04:38 – 2:13:18

    Function of Sleep, Motivation; Time Perception & Dopamine, Tracking Time

  24. 2:13:18 – 2:18:33

    LLMs, AI, Uses & Problem Solving

  25. 2:18:33 – 2:25:57

    Future Projects, Commercial Brain-Machine Interfaces; Concentration

  26. 2:25:57 – 2:30:17

    Dopamine “Hits”?; Depression & Schizophrenia; Quitting

  27. 2:30:17 – 2:35:58

    Dopamine & Serotonin Misunderstandings; Internal Satisfaction; Motivation

  28. 2:35:58 – 2:38:31

    Serotonin Syndrome; Acknowledgements

  29. 2:38:31 – 2:41:24

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